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Our students, families, and taxpayers deserve leaders who put the best interests of the community first, not individuals who appear focused on protecting one another instead of protecting the integrity of our school system.—
Ashley Paul,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026 -
Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Erick Taylor,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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In 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, was killed in custody after being arrested by the morality police for improperly wearing her hijab.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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During the 2022-23 Woman, Life, Freedom protests, sparked by the death of the young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police, Pahlavi called for rallies against the Iranian government in the United States, Canada and other countries.—
Eric Lob,
The Conversation,
23 Jan. 2026
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Outlaw country to the core, the Illinois native espouses an uncompromising independence and social-justice righteousness missing from the Nashville mainstream — and feigned for appearance’s sake in related circles.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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There’s a fine line between righteousness and self-satisfaction, and the second season, which premieres on HBO Max on January 8, frequently stumbles into the latter territory.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
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The most important virtue at the heart of this change is speed with accuracy.—
Tim Bajarin,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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To Aristotle, the best and easiest way to seed and nurture a virtue is to imitate those who embody it.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
19 Jan. 2026
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Get your own bowl and enjoy all the greasy goodness for yourself.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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For example, a heavy sauce needs a thicker noodle to catch all of that goodness.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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One tool in Austen’s chest was portraying men as excessively fastidious: over-concerned with propriety, moral rectitude, social rank—or sometimes furniture.—
Chris Cohen,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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Preparedness, mature judgment, rectitude and loyalty.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Nov. 2025
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Please remember that the committee is not headed by Alexander Hamilton, a man of utmost probity and intelligence, but will be headed by Scott Bessent.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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McKinley was a man whose probity, caution, and incrementalism shrouded his analytical adroitness and tactical boldness.—
Robert W. Merry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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The same logic applies to technical domains, such as writing functional code, performing a surgical procedure, or building a financial model, where expertise is revealed not merely by correctness but by speed, reliability, and economy of effort.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
4 Jan. 2026
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The amateur journalist believes Dale Washberg, the black-sheep son of a powerful local family, has been murdered, and Lee is bound and determined to get to the truth, bring down the corrupt Washberg family, and, as an ancillary benefit, bask in the smug satisfaction of his own correctness.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Straightness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straightness. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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