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Tag Archives: education
Richard Wright and democracy at home
I recently read Richard Wright’s Black Boy, an autobiography of the novelist and poet born in 1908, depicting his early life in the South and his years in Chicago, from 1927 to 1937, until he moved on to New York … Continue reading
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Time to discuss public education funding, not “gang up on lawmakers””
I found the Daily Local News 10/5/14 editorial, “Homeowners, time to gang up on lawmakers,” very perplexing. (You can find the original version online in the Pottstown Mercury, 10/3/14.) I actually favor state funding for public education, because I think … Continue reading