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Frank Ruff Jr.: Teaching all the wrong stuff
Despite having great teachers, much has been written about the content of our classroom education at every level ...
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Mike Wilson: Happy 100th birthday, Mr. Enfield!
As I get along in years, I find myself consciously checking items off my “bucket list” like many ...
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Frank Ruff Jr.: Where is Elliott Ness when we need him?
For those of us that grew up in the 60s and 70s, the Untouchables television series with Elliott ...
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Frank Ruff Jr.: Looking at employment 17 years later
Seventeen years ago, Delegates Kathy Byron and Clark Hogan and I, after extensive research, concluded that Virginia’s training ...
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Mike Wilson: Let me tell you about my father
My good father died of mesothelioma in 1992 at the age of 57 — much too young — ...
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Judy Moore: African Americans and the great outdoors
There has been a misconception over the years that African Americans don’t like the outdoors or any activity ...
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Judy Moore: Can we talk, Mr. Langston?
If it were possible, I would ask John Mercer Langston if his life as a free mixed-raced-black, white ...
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Mike Wilson: Words we need
As a linguist and foreign language teacher, I have spent the better part of a half century learning ...
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Frank Ruff: We need to rethink energy
Recent polling shows that, when asked, most people are in favor of green energy if the question is ...
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Frank Ruff Jr.: Dealing with debt
Much attention has been given to the national debt lately. Sadly, it is an issue that should have ...