iamjwal.com https://iamjwal.com Mon, 08 Sep 2014 22:27:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 The Tough Decision to Leave the Classroom https://iamjwal.com/the-tough-decision-to-leave-the-classroom/ https://iamjwal.com/the-tough-decision-to-leave-the-classroom/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2014 02:46:58 +0000 https://iamjwal.com/?p=2009 As the title of this post suggests, I have made the tough decision to leave the classroom for good at the end of this school year.

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The post The Key to a Successful Startup first appeared on iamjwal.com.]]> https://iamjwal.com/the-key-to-a-successful-startup/feed/ 3 639 What are we to make of Woodrow Wilson? https://iamjwal.com/woodrow-wilson-discussion/ https://iamjwal.com/woodrow-wilson-discussion/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:04:21 +0000 https://iamjwal.com/?p=530 Woodrow Wilson still holds the distinction of being the only president in US history with a Ph.D. His intellectual and political legacy are significant to say the least. This post discusses the question "What are we to make of Woodrow Wilson?"

The post What are we to make of Woodrow Wilson? first appeared on iamjwal.com.]]> https://iamjwal.com/woodrow-wilson-discussion/feed/ 38 530 Sherman’s March to the Sea https://iamjwal.com/shermans-march-to-the-sea/ https://iamjwal.com/shermans-march-to-the-sea/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:22:16 +0000 https://iamjwal.com/?p=472 In 1864, Ulysses S. Grant was named Supreme Commander of the Union Army. This move left William Tecumseh Sherman as Union commander in the western theater of the Civil War. Best remembered for his destructive March to the Sea, this post revists a somewhat controversial question:

Was Sherman a hero or a villain?

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In your opinion, what is the proper balance between federal authority and state's rights? Who should have the authority and why?

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