Editorial: Our Schools Are Wrong In Pushing Everyone Toward College
The piece notes 7.75 million students enrolled in colleges this fall, a record up 3.3 percent, yet argues many lack employability and that high schools should better value skilled trades. It cites the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education and discusses misaligned funding, societal expectations, and the need for skilled workers like plumbers and appliance repairers.
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National Advisory Council On Vocational Education
Washington Notebook Epidemic of Distrust Threatens Our Republic
A Washington Notebook commentary warns that distrust in government and media jeopardizes democracy. It blames expanded government, war biases, television immediacy, and polarized citizens for eroding trust, urging leaders, press, and people to seek truthful information before a self destructive firestorm.
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Our Republic
Washington
NEA
America
Onnt
White House
My Lai War Crimes Reflections From The Church Today
The church panel argues the My Lai atrocity reveals Vietnam War horrors and critiques both leadership and national miscalculations. It credits veterans and servicemen who speak truth, while warning against turning Lt. Calley into a scapegoat amid calls to seek honesty over comforting narratives.
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William L. Calley Jr
Vietnam
Song My
Anne Franks
Hue
Hemingways
Hanoi
Dietrich Bonhoeffers
My Lai
New Cabbies Just Don't Measure Up
New York City cabbies lately struggle with directions and conversation as younger drivers misread routes from Columbus Circle to Rockefeller Plaza and face a malfunctioning push button meter. Older drivers lament lost skills while riders nod along unable to hear due to noise and traffic.
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New York
New York City
Columbus Circle
Rockefeller Plaza
Manhattan
Park Avenue
69Th
54Th Streets
Lexington
Dear Abby Readers Share Family Frictions And Nosy News
Abby answers readers on family strain from overburdened mother help, noisy study homes, and rumors of a confidential medical note. The column counsels setting boundaries, studying noise impact, and dismisses the supposed anesthesia report as unlikely.
Quick Quiz Seeks Meaning Behind Brain Weight and Widow Spider Name
The Q and A discuss whether intelligence ties to brain weight, noting that a genius can have an average brain and a dull person a heavy one. It also explains the black widow spider named for the female’s practice of eating the male and occasionally siblings.
Kiwanis name origin and US vice presidents to presidents
Kiwanis derives from an old Indian term meaning We make ourselves known. Twelve of the 39 U.S. vice presidents have become presidents.
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Kiraais International
Kiwanis
U. S
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