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timothyharleywright
Dec 11, 20161 min read
Wisdom teaching in poor black homes
Family classes tied to better school performance for poor kids On re-reading the article, I find that my memory was wrong: the program...
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timothyharleywright
Dec 9, 20162 min read
Facing a panhandler
Don’t torture your conscience over whether or not, on any given occasion, to give or not give to a panhandler. Go with your gut. Your...
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timothyharleywright
Dec 5, 20161 min read
Poverty, not racism, causes the achievement gap
By The Time They Start School, For Some Children It’s Already Too Late Know for certain: there are slums in Stockholm. And Belfast. And...
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timothyharleywright
Dec 2, 20165 min read
About the Parable of the Talents
Main points: (1) God always provides more than you need. (2) Use well what you’ve got now; only then will you get more. (3) What you...
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timothyharleywright
Nov 30, 20162 min read
The Parable of the Talents
(Originally posted 10/08/13.) Matthew 25: 14 “For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property...
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timothyharleywright
Nov 23, 20162 min read
* Who are the homeless?
(Originally posted 10/08/13. Reblogged 12/26/24.) A lot of them are just like me: college graduates who have had professional careers,...
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timothyharleywright
Nov 16, 20161 min read
* My record cannot be expunged. (UPDATED)
(Originally posted 10/04/13. See update, below. Reblogged 12/12/24.) Yesterday I researched expungement in Maryland. My conviction was...
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timothyharleywright
Nov 9, 20161 min read
* A real church in a real ‘hood
(Originally posted 10/01/13. Reblogged 11/28/24.) Video: Amazing Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in East Baltimore Link to it early...
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timothyharleywright
Nov 6, 20161 min read
* Liberals are biased against the white poor
Study Shows Public Help Racial Bias On The Right — And Left The bias reflects belief in the politically correct dogma that racism is the...
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timothyharleywright
Nov 2, 20161 min read
o Grow the pie, or re-slice it?
(Originally posted 09/30/13.) Here comes the spoils society Don’t let that odd title put you off. I think this op-ed by Robert J....
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timothyharleywright
Oct 28, 20163 min read
* The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
My response to Sunday’s sermon — and another event, after church — surprised me, and seemed to affirm that self-love is indeed the...
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timothyharleywright
Oct 12, 20161 min read
* A landmark study
(Originally posted 07/08/15 . Reblogged 10/10/24.) Stress in low-income families can affect children’s learning I am very excited about...
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timothyharleywright
Oct 5, 20161 min read
* Poor children have smaller brains
(Originally posted 05/14/15. Reblogged 09/12/24.)) Bookmarks: Poor children have smaller brains ———— ♦ ———— New brain science shows poor...
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timothyharleywright
Sep 28, 201612 min read
* Chaos overwhelms the poor
(Originally posted 08/06/14 . Reblogged 08/15/24.) Some weeks ago, I stood in line awaiting check-in at the shelter. This place charges...
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timothyharleywright
Sep 21, 20161 min read
* A MUST-READ CONCERNING JUSTICE AND POVERTY
(Originally posted 10/05/13. Reblogged 07/25/24.) The Marshmallow Study Revisited For the past four decades, the “marshmallow test” has...
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timothyharleywright
Sep 14, 20167 min read
* Courage to walk unarmed
A Nation of Cowards Jeffrey Snyder suggests that carrying a handgun is both a right and a duty of every law-abiding citizen. This is hard...
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timothyharleywright
Aug 31, 20165 min read
* Paying my dues, singing the blues?
Courage and despair hang in the balance for a homeless radio talk jock wannabe. “You’ve got to pay your dues If you want to sing the...
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timothyharleywright
Jul 8, 20165 min read
* For us
A grassy lot inspires a vision of what can be when a community cares for itself. When I take the bus to church in the morning, I normally...
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timothyharleywright
Jun 19, 20164 min read
* America’s silent menace
Bookmarks: The silent menace • Atrocity in Rio • A hidden epidemic ———— ♦ ———— Squirrels: America’s silent menace ———— ♦ ———— Atrocity...
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timothyharleywright
Jun 11, 20161 min read
* “Maybe Old Teachers Don’t Stink”
Maybe Old Teachers Don’t Stink I have come across numerous references in recent months, to the effect that poor and nonwhite students are...
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