On perfection…

"Work hard, rest deeply, and let go of striving for perfection; the world desperately needs you to be something better than perfect....we need you to be you." --Paul & the Ripples Project Also everyone who is alive should watch this. "When you know better, you do better." --Dr. Maya Angelou

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Is entrepreneurship the only way to make it as a journalist?

With the advent of the 24-hour news cycle, news-on-demand, breaking news on social media, bloggers, and the free market of ideas and news that the Internet has provided, it is safe to say that traditional print journalism will never be as it was before. The days of graduating from college, getting a job at a paper, and working your way…

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Praising the best, or highlighting the achievement gap?

Newsweek's list of the 2000 best high schools in America was released this week. As I was browsing through the list I started looking at my home state of Georgia to see if I recognized any of the schools on the list. I went to high school in Gwinnett County, which has long been one of the best, if not…

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Military Sexual Assault

Sexual assault in the military has been the overflowing pot of hot, boiling water on the stove of America's socio-political issues. It has been a quietly boiling pot, but since President Obama and New York State Senator Kirsten Gillibrand spoke out on the issue, the pot is whistling. The Department of Defense has promised reform and organizations such as the…

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