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Ben Carson wants a piece of the Patriotic Education For The Youngs action, and what he's come up with for Little Patriots is...well, not awesome.After he finished serving as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Trump. Carson created the American Cornerstone Institute, a sort of conservative thinky tank/advocacy group/instrument for pushing whatever thought is ambling through Carson's brain. It had a director of policy--Eric Blankenstein, who found then need to exit the Trump administration a bit earlier than Carson, but he appears to have exited in February. Otherwise, it's not clear that ACI is anything other than Ben Carson. Cornerstone...

On Tuesday, September 20, 2011, a young patient walked haltingly into a medical office in South Philadelphia to have his bullet wounds examined.The patient was a 17-year-old named C. J. Rice, who lived in the neighborhood. The doctor was a pediatrician named Theodore Tapper.My father had been working as a physician in South Philadelphia for more than four decades and had known Rice since he was a child. Rice had been brought in for a checkup soon after he was born, and as a doctor my father had seen Rice several times a year, along with other members of the...

Amazon has a deal that will help your kids study! Hurry over to Amazon where Prime Members can grab this KidKraft Wooden Study Desk for Children for only $103.99 shipped (regularly $230)! This study desk would make the perfect addition to your kiddo’s room or playroom! It features a slim storage drawer, two deep drawers to store books and supplies, a paper organizer, a bulletin board, and a sturdy drawing and writing surface. Unsure? Here are some helpful reviews… We bought two of these desks – one for our tall 5-year-old in Kindergarten and another for our tiny 3.5-year-old. It’s...

This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here.Last week I asked, “Why are men and boys struggling? What should we do about it?” No other question has elicited so many responses, and they were especially varied, so this is a long edition.Tim argues that we are confronting a perennial problem, not a new one: The modern world is no harsher to men than the ancient or early industrial...

Contact your state elections office or just ask a friendly poll worker about rules and limitations on bringing your children along with you to the voting booth Election Day is almost here and…well, maybe you have a preschooler, toddler, or newborn in tow. Now what? Um, go ahead and bring your kid with you to vote! Yep, that’s right. Take your pint-sized politician (in the future sense, of course) into the booth. Many parents wonder if they’re legally allowed to bring their children with them into the voting booth. Even though this civic duty is a highly private one, the...