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  • Nomophobia: Breaking Your Cellphone Addiction

    Nomophobia: Breaking Your Cellphone Addiction0

    Digital addiction, or nomophobia, may not be in the DSM-5, but there’s little doubt that it exists. And there are plenty of helpful hints around about how to self-detox. Time To Log Off proposes a periodic 5:2 digital diet: five days using technology and two days off-screen. It’s not clear whether they include television or

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  • Nobody Knows Where the Word ‘Religion’ Comes From

    Nobody Knows Where the Word ‘Religion’ Comes From0

    In English, “religion” is the most common, catch-all term to refer to any organized group that worships a higher power. It is at the center of some of modernity’s most-heated controversies on the subjects of freedom, reason, morality, culture, and violence, and is a word that often inspires polar reactions of both respect and scorn.

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  • No, You Don’t Need to be ‘Qualified’ to Homeschool Your Children

    No, You Don’t Need to be ‘Qualified’ to Homeschool Your Children0

    Over the years, I’ve heard so many parents dismiss the possibility of homeschooling their children because they don’t feel “qualified.” “I’m not a teacher.” “I’m not good at math.” “I wasn’t good at X in school, so I could never teach my child that subject.” All these assumptions stem from a fallacy about what education

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  • No, the French Revolution Was Not a Good Thing

    No, the French Revolution Was Not a Good Thing0

    Is America headed for a French-style revolution along the lines of the one in 1789? Let’s hope not. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said as much in a tweet comparing Democrats to French revolutionaries. It appears the French Revolution has now come to the Democratic Party based on initial primary results from New York and Kentucky.

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  • No, the Electoral College Is Not ‘Affirmative Action’ for Rural Voters

    No, the Electoral College Is Not ‘Affirmative Action’ for Rural Voters0

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loves to hate on the Electoral College. Once again, she has the nation up in arms about America’s unique presidential election system. The Electoral College, the New York Democrat said on Instagram last week, is a “scam” that “effectively weighs white voters over voters of color.” Then on Friday afternoon, she doubled

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  • No, The Catholic Church Didn’t Punish Galileo for Heliocentrism

    No, The Catholic Church Didn’t Punish Galileo for Heliocentrism1

    If you’re going to pose as being objective, it’s always good to have your facts straight. Scientific American, clearly stung by criticism that the March for Science (which it had helped promote) had been politicized, published a defense of politicized science in an editorial this week. The argument of the author—Ubadah Sabbagh—is that science can’t

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