A friend of mine recently announced her pregnancy to a gathering of mutual friends. She was grateful, but slightly overwhelmed, especially since this baby will be joining a growing troop of small children. Her announcement is just in time for National Siblings Day on April 10, one of those strange calendar remembrances that actually seems
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I drive a Volkswagen. Well, not right now, at least since I had surgery, but I do own a ’73 Beetle! And let me tell you, that little car brings me such joy, especially when I turn it out on the road for rides in the country with the windows down and the cool breeze
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I came across a twofold piece of good news the other day: 1) There is still something about which Americans are almost in complete agreement; 2) People want their children to become avid readers. This information stems from the chart below, gleaned from a recent NPR article which reported that a whopping 98% of respondents
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With the 250th birthday party of our Declaration of Independence slated for July 4, 2026, federal, state, and local governments, as well as private organizations, are laying plans for the celebration. America 250, for instance, already has the birthday cake in the oven and candles and party hats at the ready, with several activities either underway
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“Why are Liberal Women so Unhappy?” Lucian Conway asks in a recent article. To answer, he begins by reviewing polls revealing the far greater rates of depression and dissatisfaction among liberal women versus their conservative counterparts. Conway also touches on studies demonstrating that young left-wing females also suffer more psychological problems. This issue is larger than
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There’s a famous experiment involving jams. Not problems, and not what old people call music, but the third thing: sweetened and thickened fruit spreads. The experiment famously showed that at some point having additional choices is overwhelming, and actually appears to make people worse off. There were actually three studies, though for some reason the “jam experiment” is
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