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  • Can We Expect a COVID Baby Blip?

    Can We Expect a COVID Baby Blip?0

    As countries the world over struggle with record low fertility, some hope that the global lockdown might result in a baby boom. Since couples are forced to spend more time together and life slows down, perhaps it will indeed provide ample opportunity and time to conceive a baby. Many say they also have a renewed

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  • Can Vocational Classes Teach Kids to ‘Adult’?

    Can Vocational Classes Teach Kids to ‘Adult’?0

    Today’s high schoolers are pushed through a battery of tests, college applications, extra-curricular activities, and courses on everything under the sun. But in spite of all these opportunities, many students graduate without having any real-life skills which can transfer immediately into the working world. As a recent article in The Washington Post explains, one Maryland

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  • Can Tweets Have a Negative Effect on the Economy?

    Can Tweets Have a Negative Effect on the Economy?0

    Think before you speak. This is the first lesson political advisors teach rookie politicians. Unfortunately, President Trump has always turned a deaf ear to the advice of those around him. Trump never refrains from expressing his views openly (especially on Twitter,) no matter the impact his words may have on the economy. Trump’s verbal incontinence

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  • Can Trump and McConnell Fill a Supreme Court Seat in Six Weeks?

    Can Trump and McConnell Fill a Supreme Court Seat in Six Weeks?0

    United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Sept. 18, thrusting the acrimonious struggle for control of the Supreme Court into public view. President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have already vowed to nominate and confirm a replacement for the 87-year-old justice and women’s rights icon. This contradicts the justification the

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  • Can Today’s Schools Measure Up to This Class Schedule from 1918?

    Can Today’s Schools Measure Up to This Class Schedule from 1918?0

    • September 1, 2015

    Have you ever wondered how one-room school teachers managed to teach eight grades at the same time, while also managing to give students a pretty high-quality education? The chart below sheds some light on the answer to that question. Published in the 1918 Minnesota Course of Study for Elementary Schools and Manual for Teachers, this

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  • Can Thinking About Death Make You Happier?

    Can Thinking About Death Make You Happier?0

    It seems paradoxical, but it may be true: regularly thinking about your own death can make you happier. At least, that’s what Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute claims. In an op-ed for the New York Times he writes, “[T]his meditation on death is intended as a key to better living. It makes disciples aware

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