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This week marks a momentous anniversary for the United States. On September 16, 1620, the Pilgrims set off on the voyage which launched the birth of a new nation. Once upon a time, such an anniversary would have been greeted with pomp and circumstance. As Mark David Hall notes in his Chronicles article, “The 1620
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“CBS This Morning” in August featured a story titled “The staggering cost of fertility treatments,” which reported that in vitro fertilizations (IVF) “cost more than $10,000 per cycle and freezing your eggs on average is between $30,000 and $40,000.” CBS interviewed Julie Alvin of Refinery 29, which on Aug. 19 featured an article titled “I’m 40, Have Little Savings,
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In America, we celebrate democracy and are justifiably proud that this nation was founded on the idea that the people should rule. That’s why it is so important that Americans be informed about their government. They are partakers in it. In fact, they control it. Under tyrannical systems, it matters little if the people are
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In 2013, the Nation’s Report Card showed that only 38% of high school seniors were proficient in reading. With scores like that, the U.S. isn’t likely to earn the “most literate country” award any time soon. So what is America’s international literacy ranking? According to The Washington Post, the U.S. places seventh behind Nordic countries
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It’s no secret that Americans like to eat – particularly at restaurants. Just last spring Bloomberg reported that Americans now spend more on dining out than they do on groceries. However, companies such as Plated and Blue Apron are trying to encourage more Americans to eat-in. They deliver meal kits to customers’ homes which offer
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Just recently, a 40-something friend confessed a fact about herself that blew me away: She hasn’t set foot inside a movie theater since she was three years old. In her childhood, the family budget precluded jaunts to the theater. The introduction of videos, DVDs, and streaming services one by one afforded her plenty of film
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