Can States Outlaw Free Online Education?

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Minnesota requires a registration fee, even when courses are offered for free, online. Is this justifiable? Can it be enforced?

We Once Possessed the World

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“‘You’re gonna make our kitten radioactive,’ I said. She didn’t look at me. We called our baby a kitten because Cate said when the baby kicked it felt like a kitten kneading its claws on Cate’s insides.” By Cote Smith

Dear John: Happy Birthday to Whom, Exactly?

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This week, Dear John addresses surprise implants, nanny crushes, and collegiate cheating.

“I am tired of hearing that the pain of my friends and brothers’ is their own fault.”

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This is a comment by Mike L on the post “Dear Men and Women, I Won’t Apologize to You”.

Regret Is How I Roll

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His failure to live up to his potential feeds his regret which feeds his anxiety, completing J.R. Reed’s own Circle of Life.

Graduation Honesty

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By the time you’re in high school, your childhood is behind you, and your current performance is a powerful predictor of adult success.

We Want Our Sports to Be Stupid

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Although they have their place, Aaron Gordon writes, academics play an important part in contemporary professional sports.