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  • I’m a Pediatrician. Here’s What I Did When a Little Boy Patient Said He Was a Girl.

    I’m a Pediatrician. Here’s What I Did When a Little Boy Patient Said He Was a Girl.1

    “Congratulations, it’s a boy!” Or, “Congratulations, it’s a girl!” As a pediatrician for nearly 20 years, that’s how many of my patient relationships began. Our bodies declare our sex. Biological sex is not assigned. Sex is determined at conception by our DNA and is stamped into every cell of our bodies. Human sexuality is binary.

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  • Are ‘Grinch Bots’ Stealing Christmas?

    Are ‘Grinch Bots’ Stealing Christmas?0

    When I was a young boy, if I whined over the trivial, my grandmother would say with patience and firmness, “Let’s not make a federal case over this.” You’re probably not concerned over the price of Fingerlings toys, but Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is; and he is making a federal case over it. Schumer

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  • Gay Men Now Earn More Than Straight Men, Study Finds

    Gay Men Now Earn More Than Straight Men, Study Finds0

    Attitudes about homosexuality have changed dramatically in recent decades, and the change appears to have had economic consequences for gay men—for the better. A new study conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University found that gay men make considerably more than straight men, on average. The findings are a dramatic shift from results of previous studies,

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  • Can Rising Depression Rates Be Reduced by This New Education Tactic?

    Can Rising Depression Rates Be Reduced by This New Education Tactic?0

    There are two common trends in the world of early-childhood education. The first is to have children spend more time engaging in play. The second is quite the opposite, and attempts to give young children a head start by filling their minds with rigorous academics. But one English school for children ages four and five

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  • Toxic Masculinity at Intellectual Takeout

    Toxic Masculinity at Intellectual Takeout0

    Last week was one of those weeks when work and life are “t-boned” over and over and over again. At a certain point, you simply resign yourself to your fate, only asking, “What’s next?” It was late Thursday night and I had just finished with a pet crisis that resulted in the Foley clan down

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  • How ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Symbolizes the Triumph of Common Sense

    How ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Symbolizes the Triumph of Common Sense0

    December 9th marks the anniversary of the Christmas TV special which basically birthed all others: “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Most Americans know the plot well. The despondent Charlie Brown who just can’t work up his Christmas cheer amidst crass commercialism. The confident and obnoxious Lucy, who finds the allegedly perfect solution to Charlie Brown’s gloom.

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