Category: Education

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American Library Association’s display of challenged books

Thought Control

Jake is one of the Depression era’s unemployed. He owns an ornery mule named Honeybunch. One day the mule dawdles while they’re crossing the railroad tracks. Jake and Honeybunch get hit by the train. They go to heaven. The pair arrive in the clouds to

Boy working on schoolwork

Very Expensive Education

SHUNGNAK, ALASKA – George White molds the lives of thousands of people. Millions of dollars flow across his desk. Mention of his name is sure to draw opinion, while his own opinions are sought by many. A public servant, his salary exceeds the governor’s or

Jamie Commack

Eighth Grade Eskimo

(SHUNGNAK, ALASKA) – “We are going out hunting tonight, hunting muskrats, beaver, whatever. You want to?” Jamie Commack sat up in a makeshift canvas tent in front of his parent’s cabin. “Let’s go ask Greg if we can use our boat.” Jamie Commack “Take 30-30,”

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Dirty Laundry: West Pointers and Women

March 17, 1977   Girls arrived on the bus. Marijuana, mescaline, acid arrived in manila envelopes or little cardboard boxes in the mail. Booze arrived in the bottom of overnight bags, hidden in dirty underwear and shirts. Weekends always arrived late. There was an equation

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West Point Careers: Pages From a Spineless Journal

January 11, 1977   On The Road — We’re picking up momentum now, moving north. It’s coming up on midnight, I see by the digital clock overhead. We scooted through downtown Atlanta on 1-75 without being noticed. Chattanooga is up ahead, then Knoxville — “malfunction