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  • Should Parents Be Paid?

    Should Parents Be Paid?0

    There is increased discussion of how hard it is becoming to simply raise children. With the world’s fertility rate converging towards just 1.7 children per woman, something is not right – especially because studies show that women would like to have more children but say that they are incapable of doing so for one reason or another. Is it

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  • Should Parents Allow Kids to Fight?

    Should Parents Allow Kids to Fight?0

    While dining with friends the other evening, the sibling squabbles we had as children came up as a topic of conversation. Laughingly, one friend recounted how her father, tired of hearing the bickering between herself and another sibling, calmly suggested they go outside, get some boxing gloves, and settle the argument that way. “But she

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  • Should Old Age Determine Who We Vote For? The Case of Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.

    Should Old Age Determine Who We Vote For? The Case of Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.4

    An old woman is sitting at a bar when an older man enters, shuffles across the floor, and sits down beside her. “So,” he says, “Do I come here often?” When I read that joke online, my first thought was of 81-year-old Joe Biden. Those words might have stumbled right out of his mouth, and

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  • Should Muslim Immigrants be Required to Assimilate?

    Should Muslim Immigrants be Required to Assimilate?1

    Sure, accept Muslim immigrants… but they should prepare to be assimilated. That seems to be the general message of James Kirkup in his editorial today for The Telegraph titled “Yes, Muslims are different. No, we shouldn’t accept that.” His piece was in response to a British politician’s recent statement that attempts to integrate Muslims into

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  • Should Mothers Be Paid to Stay Home?

    Should Mothers Be Paid to Stay Home?0

    An editorial from The New Zealand Herald this month states that a proposal to pay New Zealand stay-at-home mothers has merit, commenting: “many parents who return to paid careers when their child is still very young cite financial necessity. It would be interesting to see what their decisions would be if it were possible to

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  • Should More Schools Start Student-run Businesses?

    Should More Schools Start Student-run Businesses?0

    The idea of apprenticeship as an alternative to college has gained acceptance by leaps and bounds in recent years. After all, who wouldn’t like the lower cost, the hands-on training, and the practical aspect of the concept? The question is, why does a student have to wait until he has completed high school to begin

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