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  • Let’s Not Repeat the Mistakes of the Great Depression

    Let’s Not Repeat the Mistakes of the Great Depression0

    During the Great Recession, President Obama’s chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel infamously advised, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” And, sure enough, the COVID-19 threat has given politicians another crisis to promote long-sought policy goals. Some are calling for a modern version of the New Deal, but is this a good idea? Setting

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  • Let’s Hear it for Risky Playgrounds

    Let’s Hear it for Risky Playgrounds0

    Germany is adding MORE RISK to its playgrounds. Some of its climbing structures are now three stories high. And who is requesting this? Insurance companies! They want kids to grow up “risk competent.” Ironically, “safety” culture is stunting kids’ risk assessing abilities. “This is fantastic progress in understanding childhood as the right time for children

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  • Let Your Kids Waste Some Time

    Let Your Kids Waste Some Time0

    Meet Rod Brooks, a guy whose life story embodies the big idea: What we do as kids, just for fun, is developmental GOLD. It can help us discover our deepest interests, hone our hidden talents and take us to truly strange and wonderful places. So, Rod. Rod grew up in Adelaide, Australia, in the ’50s

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  • Let Your Child Play Outside? You Could Face Jail for That.

    Let Your Child Play Outside? You Could Face Jail for That.0

    Americans are realizing that children need more time for outdoor free play. Lack of play is increasingly tied to a decline in non-cognitive skills and a rise in hyperactivity.  But what happens to the parents who actually provide outdoor playtime for their child? Some of them are threatened with jail time. California mother Sonya Hendron

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  • Let Us Eradicate Poverty, Not Demolish Wealth

    Let Us Eradicate Poverty, Not Demolish Wealth0

    By the time you finish reading this article, some 600 people from all over the world will have escaped poverty. In 1990, 35 percent of the world population lived in extreme poverty. Today, that figure has fallen to 10.7 percent, according to the World Bank. In 1987, there were 660 million poor people in China. After its economy

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  • Let Trans Athletes Have Their Own Sport Competitions

    Let Trans Athletes Have Their Own Sport Competitions1

    Nowadays, feminists are all up in arms about the insertion of males who declare themselves to be females into women’s sports. This is not an unreasonable concern for, if encouraged, or even allowed, transsexuals will sound the death knell of female athletic competitions. The latest episode of transgender incursions in women’s sports concerns New Zealand

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