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Readers Respond: School Lunches, Taxes and Civics

Apr 15th 2010 – 6:26PM
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(April 15) -- Editor's note: Below is a sampling of reader feedback we received to op-eds published on AOL News over the past week. The comments have been edited for length and clarity. What's Wrong With School Lunches? by Laura Vanderkam I just wanted to say "thank you" for your article. People love to complain about...

Opinion: Colleges Get Failing Grades on Civics

Apr 8th 2010 – 5:23AM
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(April 8) -- On this day 97 years ago, the 17th Amendment was ratified, changing the way we elect senators. Not that many college students would know anything about it, either when they get to college or when they graduate. For the past five years, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute has tried to measure how well...

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PAC Daddy: Colbert Makes Civics Lessons Fun

By Sophia A. McClennen Jan 16th 2012 - 03:38PM

Last Thursday, January 12 offered the latest twist on comedian Stephen Colbert's involvement in the 2012 presidential campaign.

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Casey Anthony Verdict: A Jury of Idiots or Hapless Peers?

By Thane Rosenbaum Jul 07th 2011 - 03:04PM

"What were the jurors thinking--the mother partied for a whole month when her daughter was presumably missing?"

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Dinkar Jain: Freedom May Be America's Foundation, but It's not Her Political Parties

By Dinkar Jain Jun 08th 2011 - 12:43PM

Consider three Americans: a gay businessman who wants to lower taxes; a scientist who teaches evolution but opposes amnesty for the illegal; an agnostic woman professional who wants lower government spending but advocates abortion rights.

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Threats To Members Of Congress Hard To Calculate

By The Huffington Post News Editors May 17th 2011 - 11:49PM

One came from a high school student who was goofing off on the school computer during civics lessons.

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Doug Kendall: Parents: This Fall, Beware Tea Partiers Dressed Up as James Madison

By Doug Kendall May 13th 2011 - 12:09PM

When I was growing up, my mom warned me each fall about Halloween candy with a hidden razor blade.

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