Personally Politicized
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Wowza.
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Stories mentioning gun control, past tragedies versus Newtown.
From The Monkey Cage
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President Obama announces an additional $155 million in humanitarian aid for those affected by the violence of the Assad regime. This aid from the American people is providing food, clean water, medicine, medical treatment, immunizations for children, clothing, and winter supplies for millions of people in need inside Syria and in neighboring countries.
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From Andrea Mitchell Reports:
Supporters of the outgoing Secretary of State registered a new super PAC called “Ready for Hillary” Friday with the Federal Election Commission, reports the Center for Public Integrity. The money-raising committee is the second pro-Clinton organization of its kind this cycle; an Iowa resident created the “Hillary Clinton Super PAC” in January.
(Photo credit: Matt Rourke, Pool/ AP)
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Grim news from Syria, as seen on the Times and The Huffington Post this am, per Reuters: “At least 65 people, apparently shot in the head, were found dead with their hands bound in a district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday, a pro-opposition monitoring group said.” It’s unclear as to who did it, or why they were shot.
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“There is ample evidence to suggest that leading Republican members of the House and Senate are a good deal more familiar with the fiction of Ayn Rand than with the self-evident truths of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison or Abraham Lincoln.” -
When a major earthquake strikes, second count. A proposed $80-million system similar to one in Japan would use sensors in the ground to alert residents before a temblor strikes and would be the first such network in the U.S.
Full article: http://lat.ms/118tBVK
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Why Parents Need to Let Their Children Fail
You see, teachers don’t just teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. We teach responsibility, organization, manners, restraint, and foresight. These skills may not get assessed on standardized testing, but as children plot their journey into adulthood, they are, by far, the most important life skills I teach.
I’m not suggesting that parents place blind trust in their children’s teachers; I would never do such a thing myself. But children make mistakes, and when they do, it’s vital that parents remember that the educational benefits of consequences are a gift, not a dereliction of duty. Year after year, my “best” students — the ones who are happiest and successful in their lives — are the students who were allowed to fail, held responsible for missteps, and challenged to be the best people they could be in the face of their mistakes.
Read more. [Images: Shutterstock]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/83b8d6adfac747fa8b86429a85d5dcd3/tumblr_mhegizGGTQ1qcokc4o1_1280.jpg)
Why Parents Need to Let Their Children Fail
You see, teachers don’t just teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. We teach responsibility, organization, manners, restraint, and foresight. These skills may not get assessed on standardized testing, but as children plot their journey into adulthood, they are, by far, the most important life skills I teach.
I’m not suggesting that parents place blind trust in their children’s teachers; I would never do such a thing myself. But children make mistakes, and when they do, it’s vital that parents remember that the educational benefits of consequences are a gift, not a dereliction of duty. Year after year, my “best” students — the ones who are happiest and successful in their lives — are the students who were allowed to fail, held responsible for missteps, and challenged to be the best people they could be in the face of their mistakes.
Read more. [Images: Shutterstock]
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Republicans Urge Party to Become More Open, Ignore Major Newspapers -
Politicalprof: On "Felony Murder" So one of the questions I have had for the “we need to have guns everywhere to protect us from the wackos” people has been: what happens when you miss? What happens when you kill someone by accident?
It turns out there’s an answer to this question … an answer that is as bizarre as so much else in…
