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Education in Chicago: Thank God We're Not Texans!

Bill Sweetland | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: High-School Academic Graducation Credits, High School Sports, Football, Texas, Texas State Legislature, Texas State Board of Education, Texas High School Football, Sports, No Child Left Behind, Texas High School Athletes, Chicago News
Bill Sweetland

However silly, misguided, and stupid our opinions and actions regarding our schools may be, at least we ain't as bad as them Texans.

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Unpatridiotic

Lance Simmens | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Tax Day Tea Party, Patriotism, The Family, High School Sports, Death Tax, Progressive-Income-Tax, Tax Cuts, Flat Tax, Unpatriotic, Patriot, States Taxing, Public Safety, Politics News
Lance Simmens

A flat tax is regressive, adversely affects the poorest the worst, and rejects the notion that those who are most able should contribute more to the perpetuation of an equitable and just society.

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Education in Chicago: Our Sports Madness Puts Tens of Thousands of Child Athletes in Danger

Bill Sweetland | Posted 07.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sports Injuries, High School Sports, Football Worship, Intercollegiate Athletics, Grade School Sports, Football, Traumatic Brain Injury, Worship of Athletes, Young Athletes, Sports, Concussions, Youth Sports Concussions, Chicago News
Bill Sweetland

Let's get rid of that national monument to flaunted hypocrisy: intercollegiate athletics. Let's start over, with voluntary intramural sports only.

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Tommy John Surgery Epidemic?

Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Throwing-Elbows, Baseball, Tommy John Surgery, Sports, Poligamy, High-School-Sports, Living News
Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano

Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) reconstruction, or "Tommy John Surgery" as it known amongst baseball fans, is a surgery that many professional baseball players have undergone. Unfortunately, it is becoming a much more common procedure in younger athletes, particularly those still in high school.

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11 Injury-Prone High School Sports

abcnews.go.com | Posted 12.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Sports, Parenting, High School Sports, Personal Health, Injuries, Living News

With the school year well under way, and Thanksgiving on the horizon, many fall athletes are winding down their seasons while winter athletes prepare ...

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