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It is the bottom of the third inning, and I am on my phone. My boys play travel baseball, and I have spent about 4,000 hours on the bleachers watching nothing happen for long stretches. I have also, ...

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As the nation marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Smithsonian invites educators to ...