Becoming Better, Bit by Bit
September is Self Improvement Month. There are many areas of our lives–physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, or intellectual to name a few–where even a little improvement […]
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Newcomer Bellis Wows at U.S. Open Everyone loves a good defy-the-odds success story, especially if the story involves a young person in an adult world. […]
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Workingman’s Holiday For many of us, the upcoming Labor Day means “last blast of summer” before returning to school (or a gentle reminder of summer […]
YOU DECIDE: Young Athletes and the Media
Whether you are a fan of baseball or not, you likely saw at least some footage of the Little League World Series (LLWS) that concluded […]
Women’s Equality Day
Tuesday, August 26 is Women’s Equality Day in the United States. This day commemorates the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment where women citizens in the […]
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Robin Williams Oscar-winner, comedian and supporter of many charitable causes died on August 11 of an apparent suicide in his home. Your parents might remember […]
Civil Unrest: Yesterday and Today
It has been more than two weeks since the shooting of an unarmed African American teenager sparked protests and riots throughout a suburb of St. […]
Anne Frank: The Enduring Power of a Single Voice
Maybe you have read Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl. If so, you will know that it chronicles the lives of the Franks, an […]
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Celebrating Flight There are a lot of days marked to commemorate great achievements (or great figures) of history. August 19th marks National Aviation Day. The […]
The Difficult Road to Finding Peace
For the past month, btw has been updating you on the latest flare-up in the long-standing conflict between Israel and Palestine. The recent rash of […]