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  • Is the Parenting Gig Just Too Much Work?

    Is the Parenting Gig Just Too Much Work?0

    Kate Lawler, a 39-year-old former reality TV star turned broadcaster in the UK and her 35-year-old fiancé have started a podcast for those conflicted about starting a family. It aims to break what they describe as the “taboo” about expressing a desire not to have children. A “light-hearted look at the highs and lows of parenting,” the podcast Maybe

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  • Is the NFL’s ‘Redskins’ Debate Finally Over?

    Is the NFL’s ‘Redskins’ Debate Finally Over?0

    For decades now the Washington Redskins have received criticism over the team’s name, the idea being that it was insensitive, exploitive, and perhaps racist. The criticism reached a bit of a fever in 2013 during the team’s efforts to retain its trademark status. But instead of caving, the team’s owner, Daniel Snyder, notoriously declared that

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  • Is the Media the Enemy of the People?

    Is the Media the Enemy of the People?0

    Americans are growing more distrustful of the media and college universities. And they’re perfectly right to be. It is not that everyone in the media is a liar or propagandist. Nor is it the case that all universities and college curricula are harmful propaganda either. There is much value to the media and great value

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  • Is the Media Blacking Out the Insanity at Evergreen State?

    Is the Media Blacking Out the Insanity at Evergreen State?0

    Some readers may be familiar with the weird saga unfolding at Evergreen State College, where a progressive biology professor named Bret Weinstein recently was greeted outside his classroom with chants of “racist” and “white supremacist” by some 50 students.   Weinstein’s crime was to go to work one day despite a request by a student

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  • Is the Lack of Playtime Preventing Childhood Development?

    Is the Lack of Playtime Preventing Childhood Development?0

    • September 3, 2015

    Hey, did you hear about the preschool that has its students doing fractions by the time they enter kindergarten? If not, good, because it’s not true… at least, I hope not. To be honest, such a scenario doesn’t seem so far-fetched given our drive to plunge children into academics as soon as they can sit

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  • Is the Invisible Life Worth Living?

    Is the Invisible Life Worth Living?0

    According to a well-known saying, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”     Today, the second clause may as well read “It’s who knows you.”    We live in a culture that largely attaches meaning to visibility. The importance of the contemporary person is typically determined by digital footprint and esteem in

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