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  • Not All Candy Is Candy… for Tax Purposes Anyways

    Not All Candy Is Candy… for Tax Purposes Anyways0

    Halloween shoppers have many delicious decisions to make before trick-or-treaters show up at their doors. And in many states, those choices will change how much tax they pay. In Illinois, for example, locals pay a higher state sales tax rate – 6.25 percent versus one percent – on Reese’s, gummi worms and Hershey’s milk chocolate bars

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  • Not All Adults at the Park Are Predators

    Not All Adults at the Park Are Predators3

    I’m trying not to obsess about child overprotection, but … obsess I do. Here’s the latest object of my ire: the playground signs in my berg, New York City, that say, “Playground rules prohibit adults except in the company of children.” Apparently, any adult who simply wants to sit on a bench and watch kids

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  • Not a Single U.S. State Is Requiring Kids to Get V*ccinated to Attend Public School. Why?

    Not a Single U.S. State Is Requiring Kids to Get V*ccinated to Attend Public School. Why?2

    September has arrived and many children are back in public schools (though fewer than previous years). At a recent event, one parent joked to me we’re now officially in “vaccine season.” The comment made me laugh, but there’s at least a kernel of truth to it. It’s not unusual for states to require that children

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  • Not a Fan of the Term ‘White Privilege’?

    Not a Fan of the Term ‘White Privilege’?0

    The term “white privilege” continues gaining influence in American discourse. One of the latest publicized appearance was on MTV’s documentary—“White People.” But the concept of white privilege has also received a lot of backlash. Here’s a quick list of seven reasons why the term has failed to resonate with many people: 1) They’re white, and

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  • Norway’s Children Are Being Taken from Their Homes

    Norway’s Children Are Being Taken from Their Homes0

    For most parents the thought of Child Protective Services showing up on the doorstep is terrifying. It’s even more terrifying when you believe you are innocent of the charges brought against you. That’s the case with a Romanian-Norwegian couple known as Marius and Ruth Bodnariu. Shortly before Christmas last year, Mrs. Bodnariu was alarmed when

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  • Norway has to teach immigrants not to rape women

    Norway has to teach immigrants not to rape women0

    A fascinating article in The New York Times reporting on attempts to assimilate Muslim immigrants explodes the idea of multiculturalism and unwittingly reveals the hypocrisy of the modern, liberal society. Tolerance and acceptance, equality, moral relativism, these have become the trademarks of much of the West’s modern culture. Yet, while many do want tolerance and

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