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  • Why Are Basic Manners Becoming So Rare?

    Why Are Basic Manners Becoming So Rare?0

    Every so often the internet plays host to a viral sensation. One of the latest hits is a twitter post from the UK, which features a snapshot a grandson took of his grandmother’s Google search. The thing that set this Google search apart from the billions of other daily searches? The grandmother prefaced her request

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  • Why Are Americans Such Lousy Writers?

    Why Are Americans Such Lousy Writers?0

    Ours is the age of communication. We can send an email to France in a couple of seconds, tweet out opinions as fast and furiously as President Trump, and place an order online for everything from groceries to books. Yet many Americans are terrible writers. In an article in the Washington Post, “Why Americans Can’t

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  • Why are Americans Obsessed with Buying Organic?

    Why are Americans Obsessed with Buying Organic?0

    Most of us probably know someone who, when it comes to organic food, is ALL IN. Perhaps that individual is yourself. (And while we’re on the subject, let me insert here that a majority of the produce which has come from MY garden over the years has almost all been organic. Just sayin’.) But while

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  • Why Architecture Matters

    Why Architecture Matters1

    Several years ago, I was in Washington D.C., going to the classic tourist spots and visiting several of the popular Smithsonian museums. Because I heavily relied on walking to get from place to place, I passed by many interesting sights that I wasn’t otherwise touring, such as the White House or the U.S. Capitol. But

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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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