Lottery obsession is nothing new, Nina Martyris tells us in a story for NPR. In fact, Charles Dickens was horrified by the lottery. As recounted in Dickens’ Pictures from Italy, he was fascinated by the disturbing lottery practices he witnessed in Naples in 1845. So popular was the local lottery of the time that Neapolitans
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If you’re a fan of the lovable, red-headed orphan, Anne Shirley, then it might delight you to hear that Anne of Green Gables is returning to the screen. But before you scream for joy, you may want to consider the fact that the show is prepared to roll out a “new and improved” Anne. From
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We’ve all been had by the lies of a lying liar. Some of us are “had” on a regular basis, and wonder how certain people can be so comfortable with deception. Psychologist Maria Konnikova’s new book might give us some clues. In an interview in The Atlantic, she discussed her new book The Confidence Game,
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The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) released a new report entitled “A Crisis in Civic Education” at the beginning of 2016. Based on the numbers in the report as well as those available from other reputable sources such as the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), we truly do have a crisis on
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Teaching kids manners can be a grueling process, which is perhaps why many parents today give up on it. Mother Barbara Spindel, writing for the Washington Post, is one of those parents. Despite believing that manners are important, she has grown more tolerant of her 9-year-old boy’s lack of them. Among his issues: he “eats
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”You kids are killing me!” Many moms have been known to occasionally utter this line in frustration. But according to a new study conducted by two British Columbia universities, the opposite might be true—having children could extend a mother’s life. Conducted over 13 years, the study examined DNA samples of Guatemalan tribal women, tracking the
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