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Any family who just received word that their teenager was shot and killed would be understandably devastated, upset, and angry. But how do you react if your teenager was shot after breaking in to someone’s home? Do you primarily blame the homeowner or the teenager? While all of the details are not in on a
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On the windowsill above my kitchen sink is a small sign reading, “It’s so good to be home.” I found this sign in a box in the basement a while ago and decided to give it a place of honor upstairs. Though I live as caretaker for my daughter’s house and rattle around in a
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Growing up, Teena Faison never imagined she’d find herself a single mom and homeless. “We didn’t wake up one day and go, ‘Hey, I just want to be homeless with my kids,’” she told The Daily Signal “No. There’s many, many contributing factors to that – lack of education, lack of resources, addiction.” At 34
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Despite differences in customs and circumstances, the rhythms of home and family life have remained remarkably unchanged in much of Western history. The Roman paterfamilias joined his family for their daily meal, told stories he’d heard on the street or from Rome’s history to his children, and worshipped the lares, or household gods, at the
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Last year, Americans were astounded when it was revealed that spending at restaurants had surpassed grocery store spending for the first time in history. Such an occurrence wasn’t a flash in the pan, either. Spending on meals out has continued to outpace grocery store spending over the last year, a recent Quartz article noted. As
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According to Food and Wine magazine, when I cook a big meal for my family, I’m not just offering nourishment and fostering important domestic traditions (and, according to studies on childhood obesity, improving my child’s chances of staying at a healthy weight), I’m “wasting money and destroying the environment.” That’s rather rich commentary coming from a magazine whose raison
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