Introduction to The Skin of Our Teeth (optimistic, absurdist metatheater; Thornton Wilder, 1942)

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Which of my colleagues wants attention?

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What gives you comfort? I collect lights. Some of these have magnets!!

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How are you holding up? What difficult choices have you made? How can we all help each other get through COVID-19??

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Confessions of a Nerdy Homeschooling Dad

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Oedipus Tyrannos (Oedipus Rex) — Brief Introduction

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Trump, finally, takes the coronavirus emergency seriously

CNN’s Stephen Collinson praises the president’s Monday press conference. This version of Donald Trump will save lives. The President offered Americans something they have rarely seen from him in his latest and most somber press conference yet on the coronavirus pandemic on Monday. He dispensed unimpeachable information based on fact. He called for national unity and…

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