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We're Not the Greatest Country Anymore, but We Can Be
By Roman_Wick SILVER
Tumwater, Washington

Allow me to have your attention for a minute. There are three kinds of people in the world: Wolves, Sheep, and Sheepdogs. The Wolves prey on the sheep, and the sheep allow themselv...
Roman_Wick SILVER, Tumwater, Washington
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." -Theodore Roosevelt

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#782 Opinion
memorial
By Mr.Joe BRONZE
Palatine, Illinois
Mr.Joe BRONZE, Palatine, Illinois
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#783 Opinion
Ctiy Planning
By Anonymous
#784 Opinion
The End of Net Neutrality
By bama13 BRONZE
Salt Lake City, Utah
bama13 BRONZE, Salt Lake City, Utah
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#785 Opinion
Hypersensitivity
By Taytwo BRONZE
Riggins, Idaho
Taytwo BRONZE, Riggins, Idaho
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#786 Opinion
Why We Should Value Our Democracy
By pjcurtis PLATINUM
East Rutherford, New Jersey
pjcurtis PLATINUM, East Rutherford, New Jersey
21 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.&quot;<br /> -Robert Frost

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#787 Opinion
Generation to Generation
By WingsForLily PLATINUM
Columbia, Kentucky
WingsForLily PLATINUM, Columbia, Kentucky
29 articles 6 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Think of how boring the world would be if we were all normal

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#788 Opinion
The Nightmare
By sweetly_broken GOLD
Garner, North Carolina
sweetly_broken GOLD, Garner, North Carolina
15 articles 0 photos 157 comments

Favorite Quote:
We never know how big we are until we are asked to rise.

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#789 Opinion
School Shooter Generation
By emmyrose_ SILVER
Strafford, New Hampshire
emmyrose_ SILVER, Strafford, New Hampshire
7 articles 1 photo 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Books are a uniquely portable magic&quot; -Stephen King

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#790 Opinion
The Land of the Free MAG
By elizzo13 SILVER
Wyckoff, New Jersey
elizzo13 SILVER, Wyckoff, New Jersey
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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