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  • Why Do Black Friday Shoppers Throw Punches Over Bargains?

    Why Do Black Friday Shoppers Throw Punches Over Bargains?0

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  • Why Do Arranged Marriages Actually Seem to Last?

    Why Do Arranged Marriages Actually Seem to Last?0

    • August 17, 2017

    It was a match made… in the Mall of America, of all places. Twenty years ago, I remember reading the story of David Weinlick and Elizabeth Runze in my local paper. They barely knew each other, but were married in a showcase wedding at the Mall of America. The groom, having long been harassed by

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  • Why Do Americans Love the Royals? We Secretly Miss the WASPs

    Why Do Americans Love the Royals? We Secretly Miss the WASPs0

    If the announcement of Prince Harry’s and Meghan Markle’s decision to “step back” from royal duties has reminded us of anything, it’s that Americans are bizarrely fascinated by the British royal family. Every morning since the initial announcement, The Washington Post has brought yet more coverage of the royals: on British tabloid coverage, on the couple’s “transition,” on the

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  • Why Do 40 Female Athletes Support Men in Women’s Sports?

    Why Do 40 Female Athletes Support Men in Women’s Sports?2

    Forty female athletes wrote a letter to the House of Representatives denouncing H.R. 734, otherwise known as the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The law, introduced on Feb. 1 by Florida Rep. Greg Steube, would ban transgender individuals—that is, biological males—from participating in women’s sports. The bill’s summary reads: “This bill generally

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  • Why Difficult Video Games Are Best

    Why Difficult Video Games Are Best0

    I was recently at a brunch that included couples with young children when the hostess pulled out an attractive diversion for the kids: a mini-NES. To her surprise, all the 30-something fathers were just as excited as the kids, and the mass of young and old video game enthusiasts crowded around, offering tips to set

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  • Why Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Mother Refused to Send Her Children to Germany’s Public Schools

    Why Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Mother Refused to Send Her Children to Germany’s Public Schools12

    I know very little about Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), the German theologian who was hanged in April 1945 by the Nazis for spying on and opposing Hitler’s regime. Embarrassingly little, actually. So when I recently saw at a bookstore Eric Metaxas’ biography of the Christian martyr—Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Prophet, Spy—I decided it was time to learn more

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