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  • How Price Gouging Helped My Family during a Storm

    How Price Gouging Helped My Family during a Storm0

    Two years ago, Raleigh, North Carolina, was expecting a severe ice storm and some minor accumulation of snow. For those living in the Northeast that is just a typical Tuesday. But for those of us living in North Carolina, it is a reason to go into full panic. The Price of Milk  So I decided

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  • How Praising Children Teaches Them Not to Learn

    How Praising Children Teaches Them Not to Learn0

    Talk to a youth sport’s coach and he might say today’s kids are un-coachable. Ask an exasperated teacher and she might say today’s kids don’t know how to learn. Listen to parents and they might say they have tried building their child’s confidence but to no avail. Famed Stanford University psychology professor Carol Dweck wants us

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  • How Portugal’s Livraria Lello Uses Price Discrimination to Improve Its Business

    How Portugal’s Livraria Lello Uses Price Discrimination to Improve Its Business0

    Tickets are usually the first step in going to concerts, theaters, festivals, and sporting events. Whether you were following the Grateful Dead or catching the latest Marvel movie, the theme remains the same. With each ticket, someone is able to reserve a spot to enjoy that which is scarce in availability. However, while I have

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  • How Politics Is Like a Nigerian Email Scam

    How Politics Is Like a Nigerian Email Scam0

    Comes this e-mail to me today from one Mr. Bintou Ojabo, with the subject line reading “I need your full trust”: DEAR ONE, PLEASE PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MY SELF TO YOU, MY NAME IS BINTOU OJABO, I AM 19 YEARS OLD, I AM THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR.DAVID OJABO WHO WAS A FAMOUS

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  • How Political Correctness Is Driving the Breakdown of Society

    How Political Correctness Is Driving the Breakdown of Society0

    • November 3, 2017

    Political correctness often seems like it has become a prized virtue not only in the U.S., but in many other parts of the world. Because of its high-profile popularity, one tends to sit up and take note when anyone questions the wisdom of clinging to political correctness. Such is the case with Dame Louise Casey,

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  • How Poetry Can Help With the Grieving Process

    How Poetry Can Help With the Grieving Process3

    An unfortunate myth has captured the minds of many modern people: Poetry is inaccessible and irrelevant. I hear complaints to this effect from my students, sometimes, or read them in the comments sections of my articles. And I understand the sentiment. If you’ve never been exposed to classic poems with the guidance of a good

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