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  • Why Slow Drivers Should Get Out of the Left Lane

    Why Slow Drivers Should Get Out of the Left Lane0

    For the second week in a row, I find myself approvingly citing Ezra Klein. This week the Vox editor is featured in a cleverly-produced video that focuses on one of my pet peeves: people who drive slowly in the left lane. (For the record, driving the speed limit qualifies as relatively slow.) As the video

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  • Why Sleeping Beauty is Now Facing a Book Ban

    Why Sleeping Beauty is Now Facing a Book Ban0

    A British mum of a six-year old has asked his school to withdraw the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty from its curriculum because it conveys inappropriate sexual messages. Whaat? Well, if you have been listening to the post-Weinstein #metoo outcry, you will realize that the Prince’s manner of waking the sleeping Princess – with a

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  • Why Single Women Are (Way) More Likely to Own a Home Than Single Men

    Why Single Women Are (Way) More Likely to Own a Home Than Single Men0

    A new report by the online loan marketplace LendingTree has found that single women own far more homes than their male counterparts. The study revealed that in the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas, single women are almost twice as likely to be homeowners as single men. Single women in New Orleans, for example, own 27 percent of all

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  • Why Simone de Beauvoir’s Political Philosophy Resonates Today

    Why Simone de Beauvoir’s Political Philosophy Resonates Today0

    Simone de Beauvoir is rightly best known for declaring: ‘One is not born, but rather becomes, woman.’ A less well-known facet of her philosophy, particularly relevant today, is her political activism, a viewpoint that follows directly from her metaphysical stance on the self, namely that we have no fixed essences. The existential maxim ‘existence precedes

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  • Why Shopping at Costco is So Enjoyable

    Why Shopping at Costco is So Enjoyable0

    My wife and I find going to Costco strangely relaxing—even if it usually results in a larger-than-planned bill by the end of our shopping trips. The primary reason why? We live in a society that prizes freedom, and that usually identifies freedom with “choice.” As such, we value giving people (i.e. “consumers”) as many options

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  • Why Shakespeare Is Still Relevant

    Why Shakespeare Is Still Relevant0

    On the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, all lovers of the beauties of the English language and all lovers of the glories of great literature will be in celebratory mode. Here at Aquinas College in Nashville we’re having an all-day Shakespeare Celebration with actors and academics brushing shoulders with college and high-school

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