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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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  • Why Grandparents Are Raising Their Grandchildren More Often

    Why Grandparents Are Raising Their Grandchildren More Often0

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  • Why Grad Rates are Meaningless

    Why Grad Rates are Meaningless0

    In a recent Intellectual Takeout piece, Daniel Lattier pointed out that colleges are now having to deal with incoming “book virgins”. To gain admittance to college in the 17th century, students had to be able to read and translate various Latin authors on sight. 100 years ago, students were required to have read various classical works

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