A newly released study entitled the “World Family Map 2015” presents a number of interesting facts on the state of the family worldwide. One of these facts focuses on the average number of children per family in various countries. What’s interesting is how many developed nations barely have enough children to replace their current population,
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Nothing gives you an idea of how much things have changed like old children’s books. In many a nursery room around the U.S., you will likely find a number of little, worn-down hardcover books that have been read a thousand times. Goodnight Moon, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Guess How Much I Love You, and Pat
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Taxpayers are increasingly calling for transparency in government spending. As a result, you can now find the salaries of each government employee, and in some states, the pension amounts they receive. One mayor in Maine is proposing to take the public’s desire for transparency a step further: revealing welfare recipients by name. In
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It’s a question many of us have wondered about, but few have given sustained attention: will the U.S. eventually find itself at war with China? In a fascinating article for The Atlantic, Harvard professor Graham Allison argues that the “Thucydides Trap” makes such a conflict more likely than not in the near future.
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Horace Mann is known as the “father of American public education.” Motivated by a desire to both further the moral improvement of mankind and preserve the American republic, Mann led the Common School Movement that eventually resulted in the public education system America knows today. As children bear the marks of their parents, so America’s
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Volkswagen is facing up to $18 billion (yes, billion) in fines from the EPA as a result of cheating to get its diesel-powered automobiles to pass U.S. emission standards. CEO Martin Winterkorn has now resigned, but between his pension and severance pay package he may walk away with up to $67 million. The Washington Post
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