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  • Streets With Nooks and Crannies Are Beloved and Endangered

    Streets With Nooks and Crannies Are Beloved and Endangered0

    A building may appeal for its formal perfection, its harmony of proportion and the grammatical discipline with which it matches part to part. But it may appeal despite lacking those things, by offering enticing glimpses of the life within, intriguing apertures, invitations to enter, to explore, to imagine.  The much-loved villages of Provence and the

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  • Can Babies Defeat Marx?

    Can Babies Defeat Marx?0

    A close friend of mine just had her fourth child. I am delighted! One might say baby-holding is a hobby of mine, so the more of them there are, the better I like it. But not everyone agrees with me. Oh, they may like babies, but they’re also terrified of what the future may hold

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  • ‘It Should Not Be This Hard to Raise a Family’

    ‘It Should Not Be This Hard to Raise a Family’0

    Concerns about family affordability are increasingly an area of focus for lawmakers and commentators across the political spectrum, with debate focusing on child tax credits, paid parental leave, and the costs associated with child care, housing, and student debt. A United States Congress Joint Economic Committee hearing this week discussed why having a family in

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  • How Romanticism Encouraged the Decline of Marriage

    How Romanticism Encouraged the Decline of Marriage0

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  • Hong Kong’s ‘Shot Heard Around the World’ Is Reverberating

    Hong Kong’s ‘Shot Heard Around the World’ Is Reverberating0

    Hong Kong protests turned violent as demonstrators took to the streets on Tuesday, the day marking the 70th anniversary of Communist Party rule in China. And, for the first time since protests began early this year, a Hong Kong police officer shot and wounded a protester amid a skirmish between the demonstrators and security forces. Video of

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  • Government Funds Bring Corruption to Mayberry

    Government Funds Bring Corruption to Mayberry0

    Front Royal, Virginia, is just 70 miles from Washington, D.C., by road but a million miles away by culture. One resident described the town, which bills itself as “the northern gateway way to the Shenandoah Valley,” as “sort of like Mayberry.” This author, having visited the city many times, can confirm that description. Federal, state,

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