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Do America’s Reading Habits Explain Today’s Lack of Clear Thinking? (See Chart)0
- Culture
- July 2, 2018
Ah! It’s a lovely Friday evening. You’ve had a successful work week and now it’s time to have some quiet relaxation. You have a book on the coffee table you’ve been wanting to delve into – but first, a quick glance at social media is in order. Several hours and several videos later, you realize
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Miss Manners Rescues Civilization: A Forlorn Hope 0
- Culture
- June 29, 2018
By now, unless you have spent the past two decades living as a Venusian, you are aware that good manners in the public square and in social media are at rock bottom. In addition to the kooks attacking speakers in colleges, mobs surrounding and screaming at members of Donald Trump’s cabinet when they appear in
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(Strange) Advice from Grandma that Actually Works 0
- Family
- June 29, 2018
Grandmothers can throw out some strange advice. And while it comes with varying degrees of apparent relevance, it often does contain quite a bit of wisdom. Here is some odd advice from my own grandma that has (surprisingly) proven true. 1. Making your bed is the key to chastity If chastity is your goal, then
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British Physician Accused of ‘Shortening the Lives’ of Hundreds of Patients Resigns 0
- International
- June 29, 2018
What do you think? Am I naïve, or what? When I hear that without a good medical reason the life of a hospital patient “was shortened”, it sounds an awful lot like murder. Even if we downgrade it to “unlawful killing”, even if it happened once, unlawful killing is a crime that shouldn’t ever happen in
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Why People in Hong Kong Have Incomes 5x Higher Than People in China’s Richest Province 0
- Economics
- June 29, 2018
For two decades, prosperity has followed economic freedom for the most economically free territory in the world: Hong Kong. An island lacking natural resources, Hong Kong was added to the British Empire after the Opium Wars and eventually transformed into a hub of Britain’s China trade. Britain’s 99-year lease on Hong Kong expired in 1997,
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Pope Affirms Freedom of Press While Myanmar Journalists Remain Jailed 0
- Politics
- June 29, 2018
Freedom of the press is a crucial component to a virtuous, flourishing society, as Pope Francis affirmed on June 20 when he called for greater liberty for the press. The pope’s comments come six months into the detention of two Reuters reporters by the Myanmar government. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were investigating a
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Do America’s Reading Habits Explain Today’s Lack of Clear Thinking? (See Chart)0