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Weekend Kipling’s Admonishments for the Ages…and your comments
What Were Copybook Headings ? The “copybook headings” to which the title refers were proverbs or maxims, often drawn from sermons and scripture extolling virtue and wisdom, that were printed at the top of the pages of copybooks, special notebooks used by 19th-century British schoolchildren. The students had to copy the maxims repeatedly, by hand,…
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Friday’s Brunette Enough ? Open Thread
US Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, Florida’s 13th District
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Thursday Open Comments
Yesterday was pessimism, today is optimism. I have run out of ways to compliment Goldman so take that into account. David P. Goldman’s open letter to President Trump: Here are some ideas that may help in your efforts, followed by more specific proposals: Inflation is closer to 8% than the official “3%” after figuring in…