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  • When Americans thought hair was a window into the soul

    When Americans thought hair was a window into the soul0

    In 2004, the North Korean government launched one of the oddest television campaigns in recent history: “Let’s trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle.” Accompanied by radio and print ads, the five-part TV series urged North Korean men to wear their hair short. State-approved haircuts, the campaign explained, ranged in length from one

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  • When Americans Go to the Polls, They Look to the Past — Not the Future

    When Americans Go to the Polls, They Look to the Past — Not the Future0

    There’s one question that almost every American voter asks him- or herself when casting their vote for president. Has the incumbent’s – or the incumbent party’s – past performance in office been sufficient to merit another term? Unlike voters in many other industrialized countries, Americans tend to vote from this “retrospective” perspective. Studies show that

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  • When a Man in a Women’s Restroom is Finally Seen as Wrong

    When a Man in a Women’s Restroom is Finally Seen as Wrong0

    • March 22, 2017

    After opening the blog post she felt necessary to write by saying that she was reluctant to write it, as a tolerant person who would likely be labeled and derided as intolerant, ‘The Get Real Mom’ stated clearly: “This is a story about a biological man in the women’s restroom.” Innate sensibility prevailed when a startled

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  • When a House was a Home

    When a House was a Home0

    Anyone who grew up in or around large families probably remembers a particular kind of evening. Perhaps it was a birthday, or a family reunion, or a Christmas or New Years’ party, or a civic holiday. Depending on the ethnicities of the families involved, there might have been trays of baked ziti and meatballs, or

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  • When a Court Forces Your Boy to Become a Girl

    When a Court Forces Your Boy to Become a Girl0

    The latest case to have every rational person in a state of horror is that of a Texas dad who has been forced by court order to allow his seven-year-old son to undergo a medical gender transition at the hands of the child’s mother. It’s a massive judicial overreach that destroys the bond between parent

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  • When ‘Science Guys’ Try to Philosophize, It Gets Messy

    When ‘Science Guys’ Try to Philosophize, It Gets Messy0

    • March 11, 2016

    Many of you have probably heard of “Bill Nye the Science Guy.” He had a TV show by that name back in the mid-90s. He can boast of real accomplishments as an inventor, entertainer, and explainer of science to the lay person. He knows a lot. So why does he get philosophy so wrong? For

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