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  • Target CEO: Maybe that Transgender Bathroom Announcement Wasn’t Such a Good Idea After All

    Target CEO: Maybe that Transgender Bathroom Announcement Wasn’t Such a Good Idea After All0

    The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday ran a lengthy report in its business section titled “How Target Botched Its Response to the North Carolina Bathroom Law.” The story focused on Target’s controversial decision in April 2016 to publish a blog post responding to North Carolina’s decision to pass a law requiring transgender people to use

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  • Tara Westover and the Contradictions Which Allowed Her to Write a NYT Bestseller

    Tara Westover and the Contradictions Which Allowed Her to Write a NYT Bestseller2

    Human beings love a good rags-to-riches story. As proof of this, consider the enduring popularity of the fairy tale ‘Cinderella.’ In recent years, Americans have put their own unique twist on this genre: the memoirs of people who achieved success after escaping the white working class. Famous examples include The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

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  • Taking The Hits: 7 Ways to Raise Tough Kids

    Taking The Hits: 7 Ways to Raise Tough Kids0

     “The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard

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  • Taking the First Step to Restore Civility

    Taking the First Step to Restore Civility0

    I learned another life lesson from my friend the UPS man the other day. He stopped by with a couple of packages, and in response to my query informed me that yes, the delivery industry was still in Christmas mode, COVID-19 having turned the year into one long, exhausting holiday season. Given the intense nature

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  • Taking Ta-Nehisi Coates Seriously

    Taking Ta-Nehisi Coates Seriously0

    In June 2014, Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote a feature in the Atlantic arguing that the terrible history of blacks in the United States justified reparations. Many consider this a radical proposition. Yet critical reaction was mild.  Kevin Williamson, writing in National Review, disagreed with Coates’ proposal but was impressed with the “beautifully written monograph,” describing the

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  • Taking School to the Woods

    Taking School to the Woods0

    English philosopher John Locke once advised that children should have “shoes so thin, that they might leak and let in water, whenever he comes near it.” Yikes! I thought when I first read that passage in “Some Thoughts Concerning Education” years ago. The mother’s heart of caution within me still balks at that idea … but

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