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For those of us who enjoy exploring history, looking over the shoulder into the past provides pleasures and new insights. The sensation is like opening some dusty trunk in Grandma’s attic and playing detective without leaving the comfort of your living room. For instance, while researching Harriet Beecher Stowe, I was recently surprised to learn
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It’s extremely frustrating and happens all too frequently: You’re having a conservation with someone over a point of disagreement, and the other person quickly gets angry. End of conversation; end of dialogue. What causes this to happen so often? Why do differences over politics, morality, and worldviews often devolve into anger and hurt feelings? Why
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A friend of mine recently posted a handful of pictures on social media of the neighborhood tea party her daughter and several other little girls had. An older mentor joined in as well, teaching the girls the basics of polite table manners. Following the party, my friend asked the girls what their favorite part had
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Women, minorities, and other so-called marginalized groups have multiple champions. All well and good, even inevitable, I suppose. Picture right now in your mind’s eye: Hillary Clinton, Ellen DeGeneres, Elton John, Black Lives Matter. Hey, even the redone Caitlyn Jenner. Yet no one has spoken for the average American male in a very long time,
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If you ask most women about how their male relatives, partners and friends respond to being sick, they’ll often tell you with an accompanying eye roll, “He’s such a baby.” “He’s extra whiny.” Or “he exaggerates so much.” But there may be a biological explanation for this behavior. Dubbed the “man flu,” this phenomenon has
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Just when it seemed things were returning to normal, some habits changed for the worse. The instability of COVID times took countless people out of contact with the outside world. Things became more informal, faster, and less social. One area of change was the fast-food franchises. People embraced no-touch food service during COVID. Now, the
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