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  • What 19 in 20 Americans Don’t Know About World Poverty

    What 19 in 20 Americans Don’t Know About World Poverty0

    An overwhelming majority—95 percent—of Americans are confused about the state of global poverty. A survey from the late Hans Rosling’s web project Gapminder assessed the public’s knowledge on that subject. The survey asked twelve thousand people in fourteen countries if, over the last two decades, the proportion of the world’s population living in extreme poverty has a)

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  • What ‘The Little Mermaid’ Really Teaches About Unrequited Love

    What ‘The Little Mermaid’ Really Teaches About Unrequited Love0

    Ah, unrequited love! It’s the bane of any young daydreamer. The Little Mermaid is a great story that teaches how to deal with such sorrowful heartbreak: accept reality and abandon selfish schemes. Perhaps you’re thinking: “Wait. That’s not what happens in the Disney movie!” In remembering The Little Mermaid from our childhood and anticipating Disney’s

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  • What ‘Fixer Upper’ Taught Us About Marriage

    What ‘Fixer Upper’ Taught Us About Marriage0

    In their years on HGTV’s show, Fixer Upper, hosts Chip and Joanna Gaines achieved far more than merely getting Americans to embrace open floor plans and shiplap; they made marriage look fun again. The Texas couple’s decision to end the show after soon-to-be-aired Season Five ensures it won’t devolve into them simply playing certain roles,

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  • What ‘Dracula’ Teaches About Weak Men

    What ‘Dracula’ Teaches About Weak Men6

    Bram Stoker’s Dracula again reminded me: Real men must give their blood. For most, Dracula is a novel about horror. And yes, there are horrifying elements in the book. After all, Dracula is a blood-sucking fiend who stalks his victims, instilling into them a paralyzing fear-like poison that condemns them to a fate worse than

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  • What ‘RoboCop’ and the Bible Teach About Rights

    What ‘RoboCop’ and the Bible Teach About Rights3

    One of my favorite movies growing up was RoboCop, Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 dystopian classic. The movie, which was probably way too violent for a 10-year-old, depicts a fictional future in which Detroit is ravaged by violent crime and on the verge of social collapse. The police are virtually powerless against the criminals, who are too

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  • What ’70s Kids Did That Today’s Kids Don’t

    What ’70s Kids Did That Today’s Kids Don’t2

    Louise Bates Ames is one of the psychologists who popularized the idea of child development milestones. In the late ’70s, she wrote a series of books outlining what kids are capable of at different ages. The one you may have heard about is “Your Six-Year-Old: Loving and Defiant.” That’s thanks to Chicago blogger Christie Whitley,

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