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  • Lower the Voting Age?

    Lower the Voting Age?0

    • October 7, 2015

    Having started my own business while I was still in high school, I was a bit miffed when I first discovered that I was going to have to pay taxes – at age 17. “But I can’t even vote yet!” I wailed to my father, “That’s like taxation without representation!” That little moment of drama

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  • Low Marriage and Birth Rates Explained0

    Kitty Hannah Eden had “in her own words” a traumatic, abusive, miserable childhood. So traumatic, in fact, that she refuses to become a parent. Contraception and an abortion have helped her honor this commitment through two marriages In her article “On Being Childless by Default, not by Design,” she writes that the cause of this

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  • Loving Laughter in a World That Discourages Joy

    Loving Laughter in a World That Discourages Joy4

    Several years ago, a friend and I were bluntly told that we “laughed like unsocialized homeschoolers.” Perhaps there was something more insulting lurking beneath the surface of that comment, but I’ll choose to put a positive spin on it and take it as a sign that my friend and I never had our bubbling joy

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  • Love Your Grammar, But Don’t Be Obnoxious

    Love Your Grammar, But Don’t Be Obnoxious0

    This week, the financial press reported the downfall of a high-profile grammar pedant, Professor Paul Romer, the World Bank’s chief economist, who was hoist(ed) with his own pedantic petard. He is being replaced as head of the bank’s research arm after he demanded that his colleagues write succinct, clear, direct emails, presentations and reports in

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  • Love to Read? Time to Hire a Book Curator.

    Love to Read? Time to Hire a Book Curator.0

    “A home without books is a body without soul.” This Pinterest-ready quote is attributed – somewhat dubiously – to ancient Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero. Today, some celebrities are taking it to heart. The rich and famous are lining up to engage the services of Thatcher Wine (yes, that’s really his name). He’s a “book

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  • Love or Hate the Term ‘Snowflake’? Thank ‘Fight Club’

    Love or Hate the Term ‘Snowflake’? Thank ‘Fight Club’0

    I’ve probably seen Fight Club 40 times. A friend whom I lived with in college had a sort of obsession with the film. Yet I somehow failed to make the connection between Fight Club and the term “snowflake.” Here it is: “You are not special. You’re not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You’re the same

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