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  • Colorado to Criminalize Screen Time for Kids

    Colorado to Criminalize Screen Time for Kids0

    If a Colorado initiative gets its way 49 other states are going to be looking like anarcho-capitalist havens. Initiative 29 or the “Preservation of a Natural childhood” could make selling smartphones, tablets, and any sort of handheld wireless technology to anyone aged 13 and younger illegal which is anything but natural. The title attempts to

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  • Why Shopping at Costco is So Enjoyable

    Why Shopping at Costco is So Enjoyable0

    My wife and I find going to Costco strangely relaxing—even if it usually results in a larger-than-planned bill by the end of our shopping trips. The primary reason why? We live in a society that prizes freedom, and that usually identifies freedom with “choice.” As such, we value giving people (i.e. “consumers”) as many options

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  • Writer: Charlie Gard Tragedy Shows Why We Need Single-Payer Health Care

    Writer: Charlie Gard Tragedy Shows Why We Need Single-Payer Health Care0

    Many of us continue to watch the tragedy of young Charlie Gard with a sick blend of sadness, anger, and pure horror. For those who don’t know, Charlie is an 11-month old infant suffering in a London hospital from a genetic disease. His parents raised $1.7 million to fight the illness, and had made plans

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  • Millennial bashing in medieval times

    Millennial bashing in medieval times0

    As a millennial and a teacher of millennials, I’m growing weary of think pieces blaming my generation for messing everything up. The list of ideas, things and industries that millennials have ruined or are presently ruining is very long: cereal, department stores, the dinner date, gambling, gender equality, golf, lunch, marriage, movies, napkins, soap, the

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  • Do Schools Really Need More Money?

    Do Schools Really Need More Money?0

    A common chorus of if/then statements dominates most contemporary discussions of education reform: If schools had more money, then they would do better at educating kids. If teachers were paid more money, then they would do better at educating kids. If there were more taxpayer support for traditional public schools, then we would have better

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  • Minimum Wage Set to Fall in St. Louis

    Minimum Wage Set to Fall in St. Louis0

    Via CBS News: Cities all over the United States have been boosting their minimum wage. It’s up to $15 an hour in Seattle, but it’s going in the opposite direction in St. Louis, Missouri.  Amer Hawatmeh’s family-owned restaurant in downtown St. Louis is struggling. Along with rising sales taxes, and meat prices, a minimum wage

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