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  Failing Successfully

  By Candace M., Berea, KY

  My day in the sun had arrived – my magnum opus would be revealed. I had just delivered a memorized speech that I had labored over for weeks, and I was about to learn how the panel judged my performance. The polite but sparse audience leaned forward in their folding chairs. A hush fell across the r...
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  Democracy and Free Press

  By Candace M., Berea, KY

  “I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets.” -Napoleon Bonaparte A dictator like Napoleon Bonaparte would have every reason to fear a free press, because it arms citizens with essential information-the truth, which repressive regimes fear and which is the vital link in...