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"The king can do no wrong" is an important part of American law. This sounds crazy, because we got rid of that guy George III almost 250 years ago. Well,

It is a professor’s privilege to digress, so today we will be going from this to that, and I guess to the other thing, too, here at the end of

"You won’t win them all, but long-term patience generally pays off," Carson Varner writes.

"Today, about 37% get a college degree, but in my day it was only about 7%," Carson Varner writes.

“Summertime and the living is easy. Fish are jumping and the corn is high ...” Actually, I think the song says the “cotton” is high, but in Illinois, it ought

“Everybody knows that the bird is the word.” Remember that one? A bit of culture first: In France, it is gauche to talk about age, especially for women. Step across

Should George Washington have sold his plantation when he became president? Loud voices said that not just Donald Trump, but family members as well, should have sold all of their

Literature in the 18th century, it was said, was supposed to both delight and instruct. Dr. Samuel Johnson added that “People more often need to be reminded than to be

The New Year is time to think back and analyze, but also to point forward.