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  • Why Women (Still) Aren’t Funny

    Why Women (Still) Aren’t Funny0

    January will mark the 10-year anniversary of Christopher Hitchens’ famous (notorious?) essay, “Why Women Aren’t Funny.” In the impolite article, Hitchens, as only he could do, delivered a devastating exposé explaining the causes behind “the humor gap.” The article enraged female comedians and sparked a slew of indignant (and unfunny) letters to the editor. Looking back,

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  • Why Will and Kate Dress Their Kids in Traditional Clothing

    Why Will and Kate Dress Their Kids in Traditional Clothing0

    In case you haven’t noticed, the occasion of Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday has provided all of us curious commoners with plenty of new pictures to gaze at and analyze. None more so than those which include Will and Kate’s cute kids, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Commenting on the picture of the Queen surround by

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  • Why We’re Stressed Out

    Why We’re Stressed Out0

    My oldest son, a freshman in high school, informed me that the guys from Twenty One Pilots have become the pinnacle heartthrobs for teen girls. I had no idea. Even more fascinating than that tidbit, is the fact that their official music video for “Stressed Out” has been viewed over 1 billion times on YouTube.

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  • Why We’re So Bored by the Internet

    Why We’re So Bored by the Internet2

    According to Vladimir Solovyov’s famous story “A Short Tale of the Antichrist,” the final component of the Antichrist’s plan for world domination was to establish universal entertainment: “So the nations of the world, after they had received from their lord universal peace and universal abolition of hunger, were now given the possibility of never-ending enjoyment

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  • Why We’re So Afraid

    Why We’re So Afraid0

    The title of a recent Rolling Stone article claims that “we’re living in the age of fear.” It explains: “If this election cycle is a mirror, then it is reflecting a society choked with fear. It’s not just threats of terrorism, economic collapse, cyberwarfare and government corruption—each of which some 70 percent of our citizenry

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  • Why We’re Staying Put: The Loss of American Mobility

    Why We’re Staying Put: The Loss of American Mobility0

    The story of America is one of moving. A total of 13.6 percent of Americans today were born in another country, and most of us are descended from immigrants. This story of migration also includes moving within the country. Over the last 200 years, Americans have settled the frontier, moved away from cities toward suburbs

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