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Thank Goodness, Perfect Is Not Always The Enemy Of The Good
2 days ago
by Bob Gelber
You probably thought this was going to be a post about our dysfunctional political system. You can relax, it’s not. Voltaire He's Not Voltaire’s quote has got a lot of mileage lately, mostly by proponents of Health Care Reform. The original quote in French is “Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien.”, from V ...
Not A Mystery - notamystery.com ·  1 reference
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Holocaust Survivor And Feminist Simone Veil Joins French Academy
3 days ago
by Gilbert Mercier
The Academie Francaise is perhaps the most prestigious French institution. Because Academie members are inducted for life, they are called “The Immortals”. Simone Veil was inducted on Thursday during a solemn ceremony attended by her 39 colleagues of the Academie, two former French Presidents and Pr ...
NEWS JUNKIE POST - newsjunkiepost.com · Rank: 1,780 · 206 references
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The Texas Textbook Wars
3 days ago
by Statesman Sentinel
By Jeff Riggenbach [This article is transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode "Standards and Textbooks."] Late last week, the Texas Board of Education, meeting in Austin, the state capitol, made some preliminary decisions about what the next generation of students will learn about s ...
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