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Has The Time Come To Abandon Our Dreams?

When You Wish Upon A StarLeigh Harline and Ned Washington are not household names. Students are not taught their stories nor the fundamental role they played in structuring the thinking of Americans for half a century. But if you’ve heard the melody they created for …

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Letting Go Of Life Goals

The ages of five to twelve mark a very interesting time for children in America. In these, What do you want to be when you grow up? years, pre-teens are asked to map out their futures to loved ones and …

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Wishing On Stars

As kids we wished on stars

Dreamed dreams
Of college degrees in the humanities
Weekend trips with family
And God forbid we saw ourselves happy

But since the Economy left Lady Liberty a single-mother on food stamps
99% of dreams …

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Reflection On The November Elections

My sophomore year of college I had the opportunity of hearing Holocaust survivor Leon Leyson share his story with an auditorium filled with professors and peers.

Though Leon’s contagious joy and humility immediately stood out to me, there is one …

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