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  • This Is Not Fake News: US Surgeon General Warns That Parenting Is a Health Hazard

    This Is Not Fake News: US Surgeon General Warns That Parenting Is a Health Hazard4

    The US Surgeon General, Dr Vivek Murthy, just issued an official advisory warning against the stressful nature of parenting and labelling it “an urgent public health issue.” The document says Surgeon General Advisories “require the nation’s immediate awareness and action.” So, according to the Surgeon General, what exactly is the urgent issue and what immediate actions should be

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  • This is news?

    This is news?0

    • September 22, 2015

    I’ve been told that the video about a rat dragging a pizza is trending in the news. I’m sure it’s good clickbait material, which we might even benefit from, too. But at least we’re being honest. USA Today, “the nation’s newspaper”, got in on it:   ABC News joined in, too:  Where would we be without knowing that

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  • This Is More Than Just a Cure for Dating App Burnout

    This Is More Than Just a Cure for Dating App Burnout0

    Just a few years ago, if a single individual mentioned his or her interest in dating or marriage, those within earshot would immediately ask, “Have you tried online dating?” It was as if those magical dating apps were the panacea that could cure even the most unlucky-in-love. How quickly things change. Those in the millennial

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  • This is How the Irish Saved Civilization

    This is How the Irish Saved Civilization0

    The title chosen Thomas Cahill’s bestselling book—How the Irish Saved Civilization—was definitely a marketing triumph. Even many of those who have never read the book are now aware that the Irish were somehow involved in “saving civilization.” On this, the eve of St. Patrick’s Day, I thought it a fitting time to repeat Cahill’s basis

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  • This Is How a Dark Age Begins…

    This Is How a Dark Age Begins…2

    In order to really be said to “know” something, it must become a part of you. Information, ideas, and data: these are external to us. It is only through undertaking the hard, focused work of thinking through these things and understanding them that we internalize them; that they become “knowledge.” One finds this sentiment echoed

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  • This is How a Chinese Son Begged His Parents for Forgiveness

    This is How a Chinese Son Begged His Parents for Forgiveness0

    Last week, people from around the world were moved by the above photo, which showed 46-year-old Zhang Jinli kneeling in front of his parents at a railway station, begging them for forgiveness. According to the BBC: “He was apparently begging his parents, who are both in their eighties, for forgiveness. The paper reported that Mr

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