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How to Keep Your Kid from Being a Brat This Christmas 0
- Culture
- December 12, 2018
A number of years ago, a friend of mine organized a Christmas charity event. Like many of its kind, this event matched less fortunate children with well-off families, eager to share of their bounty and provide the children with a present or two at a fun Christmas party. But the gift giving didn’t stay limited
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‘The Great Awokening’: The Threat of America’s New Political Religions 0
- Culture
- December 12, 2018
The decline of religion in America is real—that is, depending on how you define “religion.” Weekly church attendance is in decline, as is self-identification with a formal religion, denomination, or belief system. Meanwhile, the rise of the “nones” seems increasingly steady in speed, replacing religious-cultural standards and norms of old with a modern menu of “personal spiritualties” based
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Ivy League Study Finds Liberals ‘Patronize’ Minorities, Conservatives Don’t 0
- Culture
- December 12, 2018
A study by Princeton and Yale researchers turns a common political narrative on its head: White liberals actually are more likely to act in “patronizing” ways toward minorities than are white conservatives. White Democratic presidential candidates and self-identified liberals are more likely to downplay their own competence when speaking to minorities, using fewer words that
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Why Psychology is Turning Back to God 1
- Culture
- December 11, 2018
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How Working Moms Are Discovering They Can Homeschool 0
- Culture
- December 11, 2018
“I would love to homeschool my kids, but I have to work.” Homeschooling parents hear this statement all the time, sometimes during casual conversations about various education options, or more often, when a friend or stranger confides that schooling isn’t working so well. I’m not going to lie, homeschooling requires a lot of effort, presence,
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Is New York City Entering a Pension Death Spiral like Chicago?0
- Economics
- December 11, 2018
As bad as the situation in Chicago is, with a public pension system 42 billion in the red, New York has even worse exposure. Its standings include 65 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, 100 billion in unfunded retiree health care, and a city debt of approximately 50 billion – for a grand total of 215
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How to Keep Your Kid from Being a Brat This Christmas 0