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  • How Ice Cream Won the Cold War

    How Ice Cream Won the Cold War0

    Richard Nixon stood by a lemon-yellow refrigerator in Moscow and bragged to the Soviet leader: “The American system,” he told Nikita Khrushchev over frosted cupcakes and chocolate layer cake, “is designed to take advantage of new inventions.” It was the opening day of the American National Exhibition at Sokol’niki Park, and Nixon was representing not

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  • How I’m Preparing My Children for World War III

    How I’m Preparing My Children for World War III12

    No one wants to see their child go off to war. But as a former intelligence officer and mother of two young sons, I’ve given a lot of thought to, well, the topic of war. I’ve considered the possibility that, if a global conflict broke out, my sons may find themselves suddenly called upon to

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  • How I Paid Off $20,000 in Debt in 6 Months

    How I Paid Off $20,000 in Debt in 6 Months2

    It seems as if it’s almost impossible for Millenials and GenZ to get ahead financially these days. Record inflation, insane gas prices, and a tough housing market are just a few of my generation’s hurdles on top of the student loan and mental health crises. As a fully remote worker even before the pandemic, I

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  • How I Did Not Meet Your Mother

    How I Did Not Meet Your Mother0

    The produce aisle has become a minefield; church isn’t safe – and the workplace is far more dangerous than ever. If this continues, the species may not. No joke. Men and women used to meet – and sometimes flirt – at such places. Often, they ended up married. Ronald Reagan met Nancy on a movie set; so did Ayn Rand (who worked as a screenwriter

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  • How I Caught Pope Francis Sharing Fake News

    How I Caught Pope Francis Sharing Fake News0

    Pope Francis is a pastor who loves telling stories. One of his most memorable is a vignette drawn from To Every Man a Penny, by the Scottish novelist Bruce Marshall. A young officer in the Gestapo has been condemned to death by the French Resistance after the Germans have evacuated Paris. L’Abbé Gaston, a wise

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  • How Hypermodernity Is Destroying ‘the Good Life’

    How Hypermodernity Is Destroying ‘the Good Life’0

    In the 1950s, scholars worried that, thanks to technological innovations, Americans wouldn’t know what to do with all of their leisure time. Yet today, as sociologist Juliet Schor notes, Americans are overworked, putting in more hours than at any time since the Depression and more than in any other in Western society. It’s probably not

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