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  • The Original Pinocchio Story was Cray Cray

    The Original Pinocchio Story was Cray Cray0

    Recently while hunting for children’s books with my 4-year-old daughter, I picked up a copy of Pinocchio for a dollar. That night for fun I began to thumb through the book. Now, I recall hearing at some point that Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio was not quite the charming, good-natured lad we all remember in Walt Disney’s happy

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  • Why Gwyneth Paltrow is Wrong About Nearly Everything

    Why Gwyneth Paltrow is Wrong About Nearly Everything1

    I admit I laughed hard when I stumbled on this joke by Warren Holstein a few months ago: Gwyneth Paltrow’s New Year’s Resolutions:   1) Win war on gluten. 2) Expand Goop brand. 3) Condescend less to rabble.  4) Delete all Coldplay. I laughed so hard because the joke skewers so accurately. And we actually

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  • Are Today’s Schools Killing Students’ Desire for Learning?

    Are Today’s Schools Killing Students’ Desire for Learning?0

    We’ve heard all the stories. Homeschoolers consistently get higher ACT scores than public school students. Homeschoolers score above average on standardized tests. Homeschoolers have “higher quality friendships and better relationships with their parents and other adults.” With numbers like these, it’s no wonder that homeschooling saw an increase of over 60% in the last decade.

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  • Is Science Figuring Out How to REVERSE Death?

    Is Science Figuring Out How to REVERSE Death?0

    The Uniform Determination of Death Act (yes, there is such a thing) says there are two ways people in the U.S. can be declared dead. 1) The brain dies; or 2) one experiences an “irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions.” Thinkers as early as Galen (129 A.D. – 216 A.D.) understood the brain to be the

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  • Why Will and Kate Dress Their Kids in Traditional Clothing

    Why Will and Kate Dress Their Kids in Traditional Clothing0

    In case you haven’t noticed, the occasion of Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday has provided all of us curious commoners with plenty of new pictures to gaze at and analyze. None more so than those which include Will and Kate’s cute kids, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Commenting on the picture of the Queen surround by

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  • Are Fathers Becoming Less Manly?

    Are Fathers Becoming Less Manly?0

    Last week I took all three of my little girls into a supermarket, where another man noticed me pushing a cart around with two kids in it and wearing a third one on my chest in a baby harness. “Superdad!” he called out, with a thumbs-up. I was rather proud of that since being the

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