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  • Control vs. Controlling: The Difference Parents Need to Understand

    Control vs. Controlling: The Difference Parents Need to Understand0

    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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  • Why Do We Wait so Long to Send Kids to College?

    Why Do We Wait so Long to Send Kids to College?1

    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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  • Why Bans on Plastic Bags and Straws are Annoying and Overrated

    Why Bans on Plastic Bags and Straws are Annoying and Overrated0

    Canada, following precedent set by the European Union, is poised to join a growing list of places where single-use plastic items have been banned. Though the government hasn’t specified which items will actually be outlawed in 2021, according to The Guardian, “bottles, plastic bags, and straws” are being considered. First, they came for the bags.

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  • How Portugal’s Livraria Lello Uses Price Discrimination to Improve Its Business

    How Portugal’s Livraria Lello Uses Price Discrimination to Improve Its Business0

    Tickets are usually the first step in going to concerts, theaters, festivals, and sporting events. Whether you were following the Grateful Dead or catching the latest Marvel movie, the theme remains the same. With each ticket, someone is able to reserve a spot to enjoy that which is scarce in availability. However, while I have

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  • Are Children Their Parents’ Property?

    Are Children Their Parents’ Property?0

    John Stossel says, “Yes,” at least according to a recent video at Reason. In the video, “Don’t Be Scared of Designer Babies,” Stossel interviews Georgetown University Professor Jason Brennan, who offers the following unhelpful and patronizing strawman of anyone who objects to the idea of using gene-editing technology to engineer one’s offspring however one wants: When you

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  • An Open Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives

    An Open Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives0

    Dear Members of the House of Representatives, I hope this letter finds you in fine fettle. This is a first for me. I’ve never written an open letter. Usually celebrities, politicians, and academics compose and deliver these missives, often brickbats of denunciation and self-defense, to be printed in the media. For an ordinary guy like

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