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  • How to Buy Sharp-Looking Suits on eBay for (Almost) Nothing

    How to Buy Sharp-Looking Suits on eBay for (Almost) Nothing0

    In the two-decade slide in clothing prices, men’s suits stand out as an anomaly. Go to a fancy department store, or a specialty shop in the mall, and price them out. They can run $1,000-$3,000. Burburry’s wants you to throw down $2,000. Brooks Brothers has no qualms about asking $1,300. Ralph Lauren’s purple label can

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  • How to Brew a Great Cup of Coffee

    How to Brew a Great Cup of Coffee0

    Coffee is unique among artisanal beverages in that the brewer plays a significant role in its quality at the point of consumption. In contrast, drinkers buy draft beer and wine as finished products; their only consumer-controlled variable is the temperature at which you drink them. Why is it that coffee produced by a barista at

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  • How to Break the Deadbeat Dad Cycle

    How to Break the Deadbeat Dad Cycle0

    Celebrities may deny it. Feminists may lead us to believe otherwise. But the fact of the matter is, children do much better in life when they have a father to guide them through it. In fact, research shows that children with an active father experience better physical and mental health, better development, and better behavior

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  • How to Avoid Pointless Reading

    How to Avoid Pointless Reading0

    One of the funniest, but also most painful-to-watch, parts of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is in the Wichita hotel, when Steve Martin’s character has reached the boiling point with John Candy’s character, and finally unloads on him in a classic rant. At the close of the rant, he says the following: “And by the way,

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  • How to Avoid One of the Most Common Parenting Mistakes

    How to Avoid One of the Most Common Parenting Mistakes0

    “Parents should not make empty threats to their kids.” You would be hard pressed to find anyone who will disagree with that statement. Parenting philosophies across the spectrum agree that empty threats are a bad idea. Given that consensus, it’s astonishing how often parents resort to empty threats. In fact, they are probably the most

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  • How to Avoid Becoming a Self-Righteous Virtue Signaler

    How to Avoid Becoming a Self-Righteous Virtue Signaler0

    Here is an online proponent for gun control, a man ignorant of the difference between a shotgun and a .22 rifle, decrying millions of gun owners as Nazis. There sits the woman who makes a point of telling her dinner companions, some of whom are eating the café’s steak special, that she’s a vegan. At

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