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Eating Out is Probably Devouring Much More of Your Budget Than You Realize 0
- Culture
- December 8, 2017
If you were to guess how much you spend on eating out per month, chances are you’ll miss the mark by a quite a bit. In a recent study, I found that adults tend to underestimate how much they spend on eating out by more than twice what they’re actually spending. This is a
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School SUED for Ban of Conservative Club that Criticized National Anthem Protest 0
- Culture
- December 8, 2017
Five Minnesota high students and their parents are suing one of the state’s most prestigious schools. Students at Edina High School charge that the school violated their free-speech rights and wrongfully terminated their conservative club, according to a complaint filed in Minnesota federal district court on Thursday. The lawsuit stems from a Veterans Day protest
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How a ‘Pronoun’ Class Got a Young Canadian Academic Censured 0
- Culture
- December 8, 2017
It was an unseasonably hot November in Canada after the curtain between free speech and hate speech caught fire at an Ontario university. The incident at Wilfrid Laurier University has since gained international attention, inflaming longstanding debates over the purposes and parameters of higher education. As the fallout continues to grow, however, and old positions
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What Cannabis Growers Know that Climate Scientists Don’t 0
- Politics
- December 7, 2017
On November 3, the U.S. Global Change Research Program released the Fourth National Climate Assessment, a 477-page document filled with concern about Earth’s changing climate. The study concluded that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) cause dangerous global warming. But cannabis growers know something that climate scientists apparently don’t know. The Fourth Assessment is an
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Breaking the Silence on the Toxic Masculinity at Intellectual Takeout 0
- Culture
- December 7, 2017
TIME has spoken. The 2017 person of the year is not a mere individual, but a cohort of women labeled “The Silence Breakers” and pictured in the image above. These Silence Breakers are primarily the actresses who stepped out and spoke the truth about Harvey Weinstein’s despicable behavior over the last several decades. But they
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Wedding Cakes Have Nothing to Do With Free Speech 0
- Culture
- December 7, 2017
The New York Times recently carried an interesting article on the wedding-cake controversy that is now before the U.S. Supreme Court. The article pointed out that prominent lawyers who specialize in First Amendment cases are “vexed” by the controversy. The facts of the case are simple: A Colorado bakeshop refused to create a wedding cake
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Eating Out is Probably Devouring Much More of Your Budget Than You Realize 0