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  • Would Hillary Clinton really be the first female president?

    Would Hillary Clinton really be the first female president?0

    A cornerstone of Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been that she would be America’s first female president, and it has been a theme her supporters consistently have trumpeted. “When folks talk about a revolution,” Sen. Debbie Stabenow said earlier this year. “The revolution is electing the first woman president of the United States.” This makes political

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  • Would Bradley Manning’s Sentence Have Been Commuted?

    Would Bradley Manning’s Sentence Have Been Commuted?0

    President Obama defied the advice of his secretary of defense on Tuesday, opting to commute the 35-year prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. Army soldier. Manning, once known as Bradley Manning, was convicted on 20 charges in 2013 after stealing hundreds of thousands of government files and selling them to WikiLeaks. One person

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  • Would a Marriage Proposal Ruin Your Graduation Day?

    Would a Marriage Proposal Ruin Your Graduation Day?0

    When Edgaras Averbuchas successfully proposed to Agne Banuskeviciute at her graduation ceremony, both were delighted. The romantic moment at Essex University, where Ms. Banuskeviciute received her Master’s degree in English, was filmed and posted on the university’s website to celebrate their engagement. Then something weird happened. A couple of feminists called down fire and brimstone on Edgaras for “hijacking”

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  • Worthy of our Inheritance?

    Worthy of our Inheritance?0

    “The American people ought to be able to see their own boys as they fall in battle; to come directly and without words into the presence of their own dead.”  That sentence was LIFE’s justification for publishing this photo by George Strock that documents the carnage at the Battle of Buna-Gona in the South Pacific during

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  • Worthless Is Worth More

    Worthless Is Worth More3

    I have a confession to make: I have been pretty down in the dumps lately. Such a state is the opposite from the one I prefer to be in. I would rather be a Pollyanna—or perhaps a Pollyannie?—not in an annoying type of way, but in the sense of seeing life through a positive, hopeful lens.

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  • Worrying About Being a Perfect Mom Makes it Harder to Be a Good Parent

    Worrying About Being a Perfect Mom Makes it Harder to Be a Good Parent1

    Even armed with a Ph.D. in developmental psychology, I remember the frightening first moments after bringing my newborn daughter home from the hospital. I wasn’t sure what to do – and not at all confident that I was capable of being the parent she needed me to be. Every little decision about feeding and caring

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