So far this year, Fetterman has missed more votes than any other senator. According to GovTrack.us, he’s missed 174 of 920 roll call votes, or about 19 percent of them.
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On May 5 of last season, Aaron Judge was mired in one of the worst slumps of his career, sparking panic in the Bronx. So when he stepped to the plate for the first time, he decided to try something different.
Up to that point, Judge had always used an open batting stance, which angled his left foot toward the third baseman. Against Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal that afternoon, Judge moved the placement of his front leg ever so slightly back toward the pitcher. He promptly blasted a home run into the right-center field bleachers, followed by a booming double a few innings later.
The change to Judge’s setup was almost imperceptible at first, but it had an unimaginable impact: In the year since, he has put together one of the greatest stretches of hitting that baseball has ever seen.--WSJ
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Rack or Wrack?
Universities screen teachers through ideological matrices, censor opinions within and outside the classroom, and permit violent and destructive acts on campus aimed at university students, without discipline or consequence.
In the face of such dangerous irresponsibility, should the university's freedom be compromised by the government's duty to protect its citizens and encourage the university's neutral and academic environment?
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On May 5 of last season, Aaron Judge was mired in one of the worst slumps of his career, sparking panic in the Bronx. So when he stepped to the plate for the first time, he decided to try something different.
Up to that point, Judge had always used an open batting stance, which angled his left foot toward the third baseman. Against Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal that afternoon, Judge moved the placement of his front leg ever so slightly back toward the pitcher. He promptly blasted a home run into the right-center field bleachers, followed by a booming double a few innings later.
The change to Judge’s setup was almost imperceptible at first, but it had an unimaginable impact: In the year since, he has put together one of the greatest stretches of hitting that baseball has ever seen.--WSJ
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Rack or Wrack?
A “rack” is a torture device, from its origin "to stretch." So, as a verb, it usually means “torture” or “cause distress.” However, as a noun, a rack can also be a frame used for storage (e.g., a “spice rack,” restraining the spice but causing it no pain).
“Wrack” is an old word meaning “wreck.” It was used to describe a shipwreck and is associated with destruction.
“Wrack” is an old word meaning “wreck.” It was used to describe a shipwreck and is associated with destruction.
Most of the time, “rack” will be correct. However, “wrack” is now widely accepted as a variant spelling when used as a verb.
Generally, “wrack” is used in phrases like “wrack and ruin” and “storm-wracked.” The word “rack,” meanwhile, appears in terms like “nerve-racking” or "racked with pain."
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Education and the Lack of It
Generally, “wrack” is used in phrases like “wrack and ruin” and “storm-wracked.” The word “rack,” meanwhile, appears in terms like “nerve-racking” or "racked with pain."
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Education and the Lack of It
Universities screen teachers through ideological matrices, censor opinions within and outside the classroom, and permit violent and destructive acts on campus aimed at university students, without discipline or consequence.
In the face of such dangerous irresponsibility, should the university's freedom be compromised by the government's duty to protect its citizens and encourage the university's neutral and academic environment?
It may be the hallmark question of our time. The educational system creates the nation's future thinking and is frequently biased and often simply stupid. In the early years, it fails to develop a proper understanding of the nation's creation and its distinctive break with history. It also accepts fads as gospel--see transgender classes and modern reading teaching techniques--and promulgates provably untrue concepts that are anathema to the nation's philosophy and destructive to its nature--see the laughable 1619 Project.
The university has become the barricade of this propaganda and error. And, shortsightedly, the society sees this as a problem for the university and not the larger social problem it is. This country is not bound together by race or genes or history; it is a society maintained by an agreement among men, that all men hold certain rights in common that predate and preempt law. All of these strange educational deviations are guerrilla raids upon that belief.
What should we do? A real problem because, while the educational system is neither accurate nor socially responsible, both the correcting mechanisms--the press, and the government--are worse. The government has already demonstrated its failure in the lower school system. And the press won the Pulitzer Prize for The 1619 Project. And many problems are imported by foreign students with foreign ideologies who simply don't know--or believe--the lay of the new land.
I shudder at the notion of police on campus. But if the schools will not prosecute crimes like vandalism and assault on campus, maybe the government doing it would be a reasonable compromise. And perhaps an aggressive Civics program, grade school, high school, and university--mandatory and thoughtful--could offer a second opinion if not an antidote to the youthful confusion of the nature of this New Land.
You can be a good citizen without knowing how to read or write.
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