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  • When Back-to-School Blues Signal a Deeper Problem

    When Back-to-School Blues Signal a Deeper Problem2

    September’s crisp air once carried the promise of new beginnings for students. Fresh notebooks, sharpened pencils, and the excitement of reuniting with friends painted an idyllic back-to-school season. But for an increasing number of students and families, this annual rite of passage now brings a complex mix of emotions: anticipation tinged with anxiety, hope shadowed

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  • When Americans Tried – and Failed – to Reunite Christianity

    When Americans Tried – and Failed – to Reunite Christianity0

    • November 8, 2017

    Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther, a German monk, initiated a split in Christianity that came to be known as the Protestant Reformation. After the Reformation, deep divisions between Protestants and Catholics contributed to wars, hostility and violence in Europe and America. For centuries, each side denounced the other and sought to convert its followers.

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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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