Lev Nikolayevitch Tolstoy (1828- 1910), more commonly known as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer and philosopher. Tolstoy was born on a small family estate in Tula, Russia, an industrial city about 100 miles south of Moscow. The fourth of five children, Tolstoy studied law and languages at Kazan University, but he was a poor
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Many good things have happened both in the United States and worldwide this century. In the U.S., we have the lowest unemployment rate in half a century. Worldwide prosperity is growing so fast that the rate of extreme poverty fell by half between 1990 and 2015, five years ahead of the World Bank’s optimistic goal.
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Early last week, Alex Tabarrok shared some findings about The New York Times and its reporting. “Many trends develop over decades but I’ve never seen change so rapid as the breathtaking success of what one might call social justice concerns,” he writes. To illustrate this point, Tabarrok offers some fascinating graphs from Zach Goldberg and
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Golf swing coach Hank Haney was recently asked on his Sirius XM radio show about the upcoming U.S. Women’s Open. Haney admitted that he did not follow much women’s golf, nonetheless he felt confident that a Korean named “Lee” would win. “I couldn’t name you six players on the LPGA tour,” said Haney. “I’d
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A new parenting study affirms that children are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression when they have controlling parents. Wendy S. Grolnick, who supervised the research, urges parents to understand the difference between being controlling and with being in control. This isn’t just a matter of semantics. Parents provide a positive experience for
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Once upon a time, health insurance benefits were an ideal way of grabbing new employees. Times have changed. Free college is now the way to go. At least that seems to be Walmart’s tactic. Walmart began its college enticement last year, according to Forbes, paying for the “tuition, fees and books” of its employees. The
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