Just recently, a 40-something friend confessed a fact about herself that blew me away: She hasn’t set foot inside a movie theater since she was three years old. In her childhood, the family budget precluded jaunts to the theater. The introduction of videos, DVDs, and streaming services one by one afforded her plenty of film
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Though talk of America taking over Greenland has died down recently, the bold foreign policy strategy has taken many of all political persuasions by surprise. It should. Western political thought has long resolved that freedom and national self-determination are political goods that far outweigh security, regardless of the potential for danger. Conservative political commentators often
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Want to make a millennial woman feel old? Tell her that American Girl is turning 40. Alas, such anniversaries, while sparking fun memories, can also bring great disappointment. Such was the case when American Girl’s parent company, Mattel, announced that special developments were underway for the celebration, including the release of new dolls. These new creations involve taking
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The life of the “stay-at-home mom” is under constant scrutiny. Her personal choice to not take a full-time job outside the home, focusing her energies and talents on raising her children and keeping her house instead, seems antithetical to the world’s definition of success. As a result, the world provides all manner of explanations for
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I’ve officially lived in Angers, France, for over a month now, and I’m beginning to take the beauty of Europe for granted. For example, I walk past a church built in the Middle Ages on my way to work every morning; the houses have tiled roofs and are built from the same, quaint, whitish stone;
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Much of a child’s education happens outside the classroom and begins long before he first sits down at a desk. Like a plant, a toddler draws nutrients from his surroundings, the “soil” of the home environment, almost as soon as he can recognize mom’s face. This soil forms the basis of the child’s future formalized
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