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I believe that not only cursive writing, but cursive writing with a pencil on scratchy low-quality paper helped kids learn to read and spell. That muscle effort plus the slow painstaking creation of each letter while saying the sound of the letter in your head or outloud—and then blending it into the next connected letter—how could this not be helpful?

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I’ve been blown away by the quiet messages I’ve received — especially from people in the theater world — saying “Thank you for saying what I can’t.”

That’s exactly why I wrote Think Again: What I Learned in My Theater Board’s Gender Debate.

It’s not just about pronouns or policy — it’s about how to speak up persuasively when the stakes are…

Think Again: What I Learned in My Theater Board’s Gender Debate
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Yet another example of the kind of coverage that is so distractingly wrong that it makes it hard to focus on the supposed bigger issue. I continue to be mystified by editors who feel they need to do stuff like this

The New York Times gets ever more Orwellian in its effort to rewrite the story of Kilmar Abrego García's tattoos

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“Dear Members of the Pulitzer Prize board,

My name is Emily Damari. I was held hostage in Gaza for over 500 days.

On the morning of October 7, I was at home in my small studio apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas terrorists burst in, shot me and dragged me across the border into Gaza. I was one of 251 men, women, children, and elderl…

S B  Lewis's avatar

For those of you who would really like something to smile about, see if you can dig up this evening’s Reid Out… on MSNBC. She returned from vacation tonight. Full of piss and vinegar. Her riff is priceless.

Ellie Kona's avatar

"Joy Reid critiques Tucker Carlson and many conservatives’ love of autocrats" and calls out fascism: https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/tucker-carlson-broadcasting-his-show-from-hungary-critiqued-by-joy-reid-118021701608

Haha: “Tuckems.”

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