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  • Why Early Marriage Is Better Than We Thought

    Why Early Marriage Is Better Than We Thought0

    Classic short stories are one of my great loves. There’s no better avenue to a quick emotional payoff or a poignant lesson than a tale that is so powerful it has survived through history. A poster child for such stories is “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, which first made its appearance on

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  • Why Dressing Traditionally Matters

    Why Dressing Traditionally Matters16

    It doesn’t take a fashion designer’s sense to notice the decline of American clothing in the last few decades. The neat suits and dresses of yesteryear have been replaced with stretchy athleisure, the hats and coats vanished in favor of sweatshirts and leggings. Quite honestly, I don’t think fashion and clothing is all that important.

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  • Why Donald Trump Should Heed Plato on Foreign Policy

    Why Donald Trump Should Heed Plato on Foreign Policy0

    Looking ahead to what will be the most defining feature of the Trump administration, Pat Buchanan has noted that it is “Time for a Trump Doctrine.” With Hillary Clinton’s defeat, the nation has the opportunity to resolve the tension between the Obama Doctrine (that the U.S. is not responsible for the management of the Middle

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  • Why Don’t Women Dress Traditionally?

    Why Don’t Women Dress Traditionally?14

    I wrote an article this past year detailing my experience of wearing exclusively dresses and skirts, due to symptoms of my third pregnancy. I am now on the other side of this experience—I delivered my third son and am healing very well postpartum. To my own surprise, I find I have not gone back to

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  • Why Don’t We Call It Rape or Child Molestation When a Woman is the Perp?

    Why Don’t We Call It Rape or Child Molestation When a Woman is the Perp?1

    On the day I wrote this story, the headline of the number one story on the Washington Post website was this: “Texas teacher who had sex almost daily with 13-year-old student gets 10 years in prison.” Despite the fact that the offense was technically rape, which is why the teacher, Alexandria Vera, is now spending a decade

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  • Why Don’t More People Teach Manners?

    Why Don’t More People Teach Manners?0

    As I was walking out the door of a CVS last week, a woman walked right into a man standing in place and kept going without a word. The man was visibly perturbed, and finally after a few seconds asked with exasperation, “Could you please just say ‘I’m sorry?’” He sounded desperate, as if in

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