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  • Is Democratic Socialism a Myth Like the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot?

    Is Democratic Socialism a Myth Like the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot?0

    With the upset primary victory of self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over long-time Democrat representative Joe Crowley, democratic socialism is receiving another boost of popularity in certain quarters of the country. Given the increasing popularity of socialism among young voters especially, it’s clear a basic truth (one might even call it an “inconvenient truth”) needs

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  • Pediatricians Are Now Writing ‘Play Prescriptions’

    Pediatricians Are Now Writing ‘Play Prescriptions’0

    Kids need to play. It seems like an obvious statement, as central to childhood as eating peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches and chasing fireflies. For generations, parents have known that a play-filled childhood is essential for healthy physical and mental development. They didn’t need to read the latest research findings on play. They didn’t need experts to

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  • Outlander is Boosting a Renaissance of the Scots Language – Here’s How

    Outlander is Boosting a Renaissance of the Scots Language – Here’s How0

    What would ye twa cotters ken o’ battle, eh? I bet ye Lallybroch tumshies will turn arse and run at first blast o’ cannon fire… Pithy Scots brogue and throwaway insults punctuate Outlander, the phenomenally successful TV series that explores the final great Jacobite uprising of 1745 – the rebellion against King George II led

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  • How Would Our Ancestors View the 21st Century?

    How Would Our Ancestors View the 21st Century?1

    • August 21, 2018

    What is the worst thing about living near an open sewer? It is not that you sicken at the stench of it every time you leave your front door. It is that the noisome vapors are so pervasive, and you have lived with them so long, you no longer notice it. What is the worst

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  • Chores: The Secret to Childhood Happiness?

    Chores: The Secret to Childhood Happiness?0

    Over the weekend, New York Times author KJ Dell’Antonia penned an article on children and chores. Such a subject is nothing new and Dell’Antonia acknowledges this. The problem, she notes, is the fact that many parents know how helpful chores are for child well-being, but then avoid giving them. Instead, they make excuses, arguing that

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  • Can Sexual Orientation Change?

    Can Sexual Orientation Change?0

    You can tell when an opinion begins to harden into a dogma – when Hollywood releases a film about heroic victims of oppressive zealots. Which is what has happened this year on the topic of “gay conversion therapy”. Not one, but two films describe the horrors endured by gay teenagers whose parents force them to

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