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  • Why Has Halloween Become So Popular Among Adults?

    Why Has Halloween Become So Popular Among Adults?1

    Halloween used to be kid stuff. To quit dressing up was an important rite of passage. It meant you were one step closer to becoming an adult. Not anymore. Today adults have become avid Halloween revelers, especially young adults. By 2005, just over half of adults celebrated Halloween. Today, that number has grown to over

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  • Why Hamlet Disappeared From the Stage in the Soviet Union

    Why Hamlet Disappeared From the Stage in the Soviet Union0

    William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet is considered by some to be the single greatest story ever written. Hamlet has it all: ghosts, sword fights, suicide, revenge, lust, murder, philosophy, faith, manipulation, and a climactic bloodbath worthy of a Tarantino film. It’s a masterpiece of both high art and sensationalism, the only play I’ve seen performed live three times. Not

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  • Why Gwyneth Paltrow is Wrong About Nearly Everything

    Why Gwyneth Paltrow is Wrong About Nearly Everything1

    I admit I laughed hard when I stumbled on this joke by Warren Holstein a few months ago: Gwyneth Paltrow’s New Year’s Resolutions:   1) Win war on gluten. 2) Expand Goop brand. 3) Condescend less to rabble.  4) Delete all Coldplay. I laughed so hard because the joke skewers so accurately. And we actually

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  • Why Gun Ownership Rates Tell Us Little About Homicide Trends in America

    Why Gun Ownership Rates Tell Us Little About Homicide Trends in America0

    Every time a homicide committed with a firearm makes the national news, it happens like clockwork: a variety of pundits in the corporate media quickly pen columns advocating for ever broader and stricter gun control laws. If only government agents were entrusted with a strict monopoly (or near-monopoly) on firearm ownership — we are told

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  • Why Greta Thunberg Should Be Time’s ‘Person of the Year’

    Why Greta Thunberg Should Be Time’s ‘Person of the Year’0

    Time Magazine has announced that this year’s Person of the Year award will go to the 16-year-old Greta Thunberg. The Swedish school-girl-turned-eco-activist has become the poster-girl of the climate change-turned-emergency worldwide. The choice was not surprising, given the media adulation for the girl who has traveled the globe with a minimal carbon footprint. Time has long abandoned

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  • Why Gratitude Is So Good for You (and for Those Around You)

    Why Gratitude Is So Good for You (and for Those Around You)0

    Gratitude may be more beneficial than we commonly suppose. One recent study asked subjects to write a note of thanks to someone and then estimate how surprised and happy the recipient would feel – an impact that they consistently underestimated. Another study assessed the health benefits or writing thank you notes. The researchers found that

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