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  • American Children Snack Way More Than European Children. Why?

    American Children Snack Way More Than European Children. Why?2

    “Mom, can I have a snack?”  It is a question I am asked constantly by my two young children. The frequency of this question increases during the summer months. It recently got me thinking: why do children snack so often and is it damaging to their overall health? And do American children snack more than

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  • American Barbarism Is Alive and Well

    American Barbarism Is Alive and Well0

    The other day I was sitting in a coffee shop when a rap song began playing in the café. The F-word—you know, the one that rhymes with muck and yuck—featured prominently in the lyrics. I was happy there were no children present.  After leaving the café, I went to our library to return some books.

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  • America’s Shrinking Middle-Class: What’s Really Happening

    America’s Shrinking Middle-Class: What’s Really Happening0

    We Americans love our middle-class. The idea appeals to our egalitarian sensibilities. It’s the reason between 85 and 90 percent of Americans have historically identified as middle-class, and why politicians of all stripes claim their policies are really, truly pro-middle-class. Considering this, it’s perhaps not surprising that Americans are excitable over data showing that the

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  • America’s Public Schools Are No Longer Serving the Public

    America’s Public Schools Are No Longer Serving the Public0

    Betsy DeVos, the new U.S. Education Secretary, is an advocate of school choice. As such, her confirmation hearings have generated warnings that Trump wants to “destroy” public education. The very adjective “public” is a marketing advantage for those who support the current government-run school system. For many Americans, it still connotes a non-elitist form of

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  • America’s Opioid Addiction Is Worse Than You Think

    America’s Opioid Addiction Is Worse Than You Think0

    By now, most Americans know that the United States has seen a sharp increase in opioid-overdose deaths over the past decade. The opioid problem is indeed global. In Afghanistan, for example, a major if not the major source of funding for the Taliban is the sale of poppies, the opium derived from them, and the chemical paste containing it, which are the materials for making heroin. But

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  • America’s Most Embarrassing Spelling Errors

    America’s Most Embarrassing Spelling Errors0

    A fun Google Trends report went viral last week that revealed the top searched “how to spell” words in each state. Now, most of us would admit that there are a few simple words that give us a trouble. (Confession: I got the red squiggly line when I wrote this headline. I always want to

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