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  • Why Apple’s Diversity Chief is Out

    Why Apple’s Diversity Chief is Out1

    Denise Young Smith, Apple’s diversity chief, is stepping down, reports say. The move is strange. Young has only been in the job for six months. But reports suggest her departure is linked to “recent controversial remarks about white men.” Several weeks ago, at the One Young World Summit in Bogotá, Colombia, Young suggested that diversity

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  • Why Ancient Greece Also Had Hippies

    Why Ancient Greece Also Had Hippies0

    • November 23, 2015

    It is often remarked that history repeats itself; that there is a cyclicality about human life. The movements and types we encounter today often had antecedents in previous ages. The past had its conservatives and liberals, its jocks and its hedonists.    And apparently, it also had its hippies.  A celebrated Time article in 1967

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  • Why an Independent Poll Shows Trump Winning in 2020

    Why an Independent Poll Shows Trump Winning in 20200

    The latest poll by Democracy Institute (DI), a nonpartisan polling firm that accurately predicted Brexit and the 2016 U.S. election, shows President Donald Trump pulling ahead of Joe Biden and winning the Electoral College with 319 votes. The DI poll found that Trump leads Biden by 3 percentage points on the national stage, 48 to 45. In swing states,

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  • Why an Epidemic of Lonely Children is Upon Us

    Why an Epidemic of Lonely Children is Upon Us0

    A recent headline in the Telegraph ran as follows: “Thousands of children receive counselling for loneliness.” The article goes on to explain how the British counseling service, Childline, has seen an uptick in the number of children seeking help for their feelings of isolation from both friends and family. According to the Telegraph, Childline lists

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  • Why Amish Romance Novels Are So Popular

    Why Amish Romance Novels Are So Popular0

    In the “New and Popular” section of my local public library, there are multiple shelves dedicated to Amish romance novels. Yes, you read that correctly: Amish romance novels. As it turns out there’s quite a market, especially among evangelical Christians, for what’s also waggishly known as “bonnet-ripper” fiction. The three most popular authors of Amish

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  • Why Americans Today Are So Quick to Join Mobs

    Why Americans Today Are So Quick to Join Mobs0

    For those of us not located in or near high-profile protests such as those in Charlottesville, it’s easy to sit back, sigh at the problems in the world, and then push them to the back of our minds. Some, however, though removed from the situation by distance, heartily throw themselves into the fray. These individuals,

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