Income inequality in the US celebrated its 50th birthday last year. Having declined steadily after World War II, 1968 began a 50-year winning streak. Few are cheering, though, because concentrations of wealth are dangerous. People controlling huge amounts of money can use their buying power to push us all around. Hence billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg,
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Shakespeare is often quoted in a way that makes him sound like his works were incredibly serious and philosophical. While it is true that Shakespeare interacts with deep and compelling themes, and some of his plays do have a very somber tone, it’s interesting to see how many of his oft-quoted lines actually appear in
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Plastic straw bans are taking America by storm. Local governments across the country are jumping on the band wagon. Last week, the Washington Post shadowed a health inspector visiting D.C. restaurants to see if they were complying with the city’s new ban. The most revealing quote in the article came from Julie Lawson, director of
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6.5 M people with active social security numbers are 112 or older. When I spotted this headline in the Washington Times, and misinterpreted it, my heart took a bounce. First came astonishment and joy. With that many men and women living to be 112 or older, and surely many more living at least
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The other day the American Girl doll store at Minnesota’s Mall of America announced it would be closing its doors. It’s been years since I walked through the store looking for gifts for some young relatives; nevertheless, I still felt a twinge of sadness over the news. Even more disheartening, however, was the reason why
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What does it mean to be masculine? It’s a question I posed recently to a young man at a coffee shop—let’s call him “Adam.” Adam, about 20, was intensely fixated on a Green Lantern graphic novel at the time. I noticed the book before I noticed Adam. It was a thick black hard covered book furnishing fleshed
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