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  • Why Your Son Should Reconsider College

    Why Your Son Should Reconsider College1

    A young friend of mine is in his last year of high school and asking the age-old “what do I do with my life” question. Most average high school seniors would be settling on their final liberal arts college choice right now—more concerned about the climbing wall in the student center and the cafeteria entrees

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  • Why Your Metal Straw Won’t Save the World

    Why Your Metal Straw Won’t Save the World0

    Like many Americans, I worry about the state of the planet and try to make a positive impact through decisions in my day-to-day life. But I also am nagged by the feeling that I often get it wrong, even though I analyze environmental problems for a living. Concerned about plastics in the ocean, I renounced

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  • Why Your Memory Is Not Nearly As Good As You Think It Is

    Why Your Memory Is Not Nearly As Good As You Think It Is0

    False memories have gotten a lot of attention lately with the documentary series “Making a Murderer.” The series chronicled Steven Avery, a man falsely imprisoned for 18 years on the word of eyewitness testimony. The eyewitness testified that she was positive that Avery was the man who had raped her. Later, DNA evidence proved that

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  • Why Your Kids Should Avoid Summer Reading Programs

    Why Your Kids Should Avoid Summer Reading Programs0

    Libraries are ideal examples of local, self-directed learning hubs that support all members of a community in learning naturally, without coercion. Late-nineteenth century steel magnate, Andrew Carnegie, who created many of the first public libraries, stated: “A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never

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  • Why Your Favorite YouTuber Probably Hasn’t Been #Canceled

    Why Your Favorite YouTuber Probably Hasn’t Been #Canceled0

    YouTube stars Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson have joined forces to release a makeup line called the Conspiracy Collection. In a mere 30 minutes, the duo sold one million palettes of eyeshadow. The demand was so huge, it crashed Shopify for several hours. Star and Dawson seem to be riding high, which is especially remarkable

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  • Why Young Readers Need Real Books

    Why Young Readers Need Real Books0

    A young lady I know won a Kindle in an academic contest. She is a voracious reader. In eighth grade, she enjoys Austen, Chesterton, Lewis, and Wodehouse, among many others. A trail of books seems to follow her everywhere she goes. Her parents, wary of potential negative effects of screens on growing minds, would have preferred

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