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Column: US painfully slow to learn lessons of war

by Steve Nelson For the Valley NewsMay 30, 2023

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Column: Which rights are really in need of defending?

by Steve Nelson For the Valley NewsApril 24, 2023

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Column: Let independent schools demonstrate their value

by Steve Nelson For the Valley NewsApril 3, 2023

This picture taken on Jan. 23, 2023, in Toulouse, France, shows screens displaying the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT. (Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Column: America’s long outdated education model

by Steve Nelson For the Valley NewsMarch 13, 2023

A panel from a mural by Sam Kerson that had been displayed at Vermont Law School in Royalton, Vt. The school plans to paint over the mural, "The Underground Railroad Vermont and the Fugitive Slave," painted in 1993, because "the depictions of the African-Americans on the mural are offensive to many in our community and, upon reflection and consultation, we have determined that the mural is not consistent with our School’s commitment to fairness, inclusion, diversity, and social justice," according to a statement from VLS Dean Dean Thomas McHenry on July 6, 2020. (Image courtesy Sam Kerson)

Column: Law school wrong to hide the uncomfortable

by Steve Nelson For the Valley NewsFebruary 27, 2023

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gestures during a news conference, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in Miami. DeSantis on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, announced plans to block state colleges from having programs on diversity, equity and inclusion, and critical race theory. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

Column: The arc is bending toward whitewashed history

by Steve Nelson For the Valley NewsFebruary 13, 2023

FILE - A man carries his weapon during a second amendment gun rally at Utah State Capitol on Feb. 8, 2020, in Salt Lake City. Utah is one of several more states weighing proposals this year that would allow people to carry concealed guns without having to get a permit, a trend supporters say bolsters Second Amendment rights but is alarming to gun-control advocates. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Column: The psychology of life among the armed

by Steve Nelson For the Valley NewsJanuary 30, 2023

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., smiles after winning the 15th vote in the House chamber as the House enters the fifth day trying to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, early Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Column: Far-right fringe furthers Republican crackup

by Steve Nelson For the Valley NewsJanuary 9, 2023

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Column: Harsh and rigid discipline damages students

by Steve Nelson For the Valley NewsDecember 19, 2022

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Column: Students too often are ‘collateral damage’

by Steve Nelson For the Valley NewsDecember 3, 2022