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  • The Tragedy of the European Family

    The Tragedy of the European Family0

    Emmanuel Macron, the newly elected French president, has no children; German chancellor Angela Merkel has no children. British prime minister, Theresa May has no children; Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni has no children; Holland’s prime minister, Mark Rutte, Sweden’s Stefan Löfven, Luxembourg’s Xavier Bettel, and Scotland’s, first minster Nicola Sturgeon — all have no children. The

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  • The Tragedy of the Commons

    The Tragedy of the Commons0

    • September 3, 2015

    In 1832, the British political economist William Forster Lloyd observed that cattle grazing on common land tended to be scrawnier than those raised in private enclosures. The “commons,” Lloyd realized, were threatened by people’s private interests and unwillingness to maintain the grass enclosure the way they would their private property. Using Lloyd’s concern about the “tragedy of

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  • The Tragedy of Laquan McDonald

    The Tragedy of Laquan McDonald0

    A little while ago, Mary Mitchell wrote a powerful opinion piece for the Chicago Sun-Times detailing the tragic life of Laquan McDonald. If you’re not familiar with Laquan McDonald, you should be. In many ways, he is a microcosm of many of our societal challenges and a reminder of the enormous vulnerability of children. 17-year-old

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  • The Tradwife Movement Reminds Us of the Virtue of Service in Marriage

    The Tradwife Movement Reminds Us of the Virtue of Service in Marriage0

    In a culture that has championed feminism, the Women’s March, #MeToo, and national campaigns to close the gender pay gap, life as a full-time homemaker seems anything but progressive. And yet, the growing #TradWife social media movement celebrates the classic domestic female as its role model. The movement, often illustrated with 1950s posters of apple-cheeked

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  • The Tortured Logic of the Gender Revolutionaries

    The Tortured Logic of the Gender Revolutionaries0

    National Geographic, the magazine that recently ran a cover story on the most influential figures in ancient history but left out Moses and Jesus, is now trying its hand at gender theory. Its new cover story is entitled “How Science is Helping Us Understand the Gender Revolution.” Finally, a scientist is going to tell us

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  • The Top Thing Parents Can Do to Turn Kids into Successful Adults

    The Top Thing Parents Can Do to Turn Kids into Successful Adults0

    Last week, Business Insider ran an interesting article listing 13 things parents can do to turn their child into a well-adjusted, successful adult. The first thing on the list? “They make their kids do chores.” But if childhood chores are truly a predictor of future success, then it seems the U.S. is about to see

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