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  • Swedish Death Cleaning and Aging in Place

    Swedish Death Cleaning and Aging in Place23

    Several of my relatives and friends are in the process of cleaning out a parent’s home. Some have tragically lost their aged parents, and some are rearranging living situations to accommodate medical needs. In each situation, however, there is an overwhelming factor: Each of them are dealing with a house stuffed with … stuff. No

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  • Swedes Are Raising Stronger Children. Here’s Why.

    Swedes Are Raising Stronger Children. Here’s Why.0

    When I taught homeschool seminars in Latin, history, and literature in Asheville, North Carolina, I would wait for a cold spell in February and then email my students to come to class dressed for the weather. On their arrival I would lead them outside and hold class for half an hour beneath gray skies and

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  • Sweden’s COVID-19 Strategy Is Quietly Becoming the World’s

    Sweden’s COVID-19 Strategy Is Quietly Becoming the World’s0

    Sweden’s unique approach to the COVID-19 pandemic has been drawing a great deal of scrutiny for weeks, including both admiration and criticism. The Swedes, unlike most other nations, have eschewed the hardline approach that has led to mass economic shutdowns and skyrocketing unemployment. Restaurants, bars, public pools, libraries and most schools remain open. While the

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  • Sweden’s Economy Grows in 1st Quarter Despite COVID

    Sweden’s Economy Grows in 1st Quarter Despite COVID0

    CNBC reports that Sweden, which avoided a hardline lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, saw its economy grow in the first quarter. The Swedish economy expanded at a far superior rate than many of its European counterparts over the first three months of the year, data published Friday showed, following the government’s decision not to impose

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  • Sweden’s COVID Results vs. the April Models

    Sweden’s COVID Results vs. the April Models7

    At a press conference last week, Anders Tegnell said a massive decline in new COVID-19 cases shows Sweden’s “lighter touch” strategy is doing what it was designed to do. “It really is yet another sign that the Swedish strategy is working,” Tegnell, Sweden’s top epidemiologist, said. “It is possible to slow contagion fast with the

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  • Sweden Now Has One of the Lowest COVID Mortality Rates in Europe

    Sweden Now Has One of the Lowest COVID Mortality Rates in Europe0

    Early in the coronavirus pandemic, I asked a simple question. Could Sweden’s laissez-faire approach to the coronavirus actually work? Unlike its European neighbors and virtually all U.S. states, the Swedes had opted to not shut down the economy. The country of 10 million people took what was at first described as “a lighter touch.” While

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