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What if…?
What if, instead of spending $825 million or more to build a new prison, we spent that money on mental health programs and drug treatment programs to help keep people out of prison in the first place? What if, instead of asking the bottom 90% of taxpayers to pay for private school tuition for the…
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My Hope
Mom died nine years ago today. Since her passing, I’ve made it a practice to read through the Psalms every September, using the Bible she used in her last months. And as I read, I remember. I remember the light on her face as we recited the 23rd, 100th , and 121st Psalms one morning…
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Falling in Love with America
I fell in love with America in first grade. I had not always loved America. It had seemed a scary place. Shortly before Mom and Dad and I visited it the fall I turned six, Mom had read me a story about a little American girl my age who had been kidnapped, and I had…