{"id":265,"date":"2004-09-17T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-17T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=265"},"modified":"2004-09-17T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2004-09-17T14:50:00","slug":"265","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another reason for home-schooling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania man <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesleader.com\/mld\/timesleader\/news\/local\/9673985.htm\">keeps the kids at home<\/a> to protect them from neighborhood witches. Where is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthrobase.com\/Dic\/eng\/pers\/evans-pritchard_edward_e.htm\">Professor Evans-Pritchard<\/a> when we need him?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another reason for home-schooling Pennsylvania man keeps the kids at home to protect them from neighborhood witches. 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