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South Africans in Six Descriptors
Having arrived home from South Africa on April 11, I have taken some time to try to process our experiences in Johannesburg and Cape Town. One of the most difficult, distressing, and uplifting museums that we visited in Johannesburg was the Apartheid Museum. When you enter you are given a ticket that randomly classifies you
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Impact
Football in Texas, like politics, is a contact sport. Love it or loathe it, the sport involves the physical impact that one player (a defensive tackle, for instance) can have on another (the running back, for instance). While football is all about physical force and impact, what we do in our work at ACC is
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In Praise of Libraries
When I was in college I worked in a public library. I have always loved libraries – every time I return to my hometown I drive by the old public library where I worked and I remember not only my work there, but the summer book clubs and story hours that I participated in growing
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The Power of Clear Writing
It is, perhaps, a bit of folly to write about clear writing – what if I’m not clear? Nonetheless, I can’t resist this brief New York Times article that highlights the power of clarity in the written word. The written word, in this case, is the whistleblower’s complaint that is now dominating the Twitterverse (and every