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  • Why ‘Permit Patty’ Called Police on an 8-Year-Old Girl Selling Water

    Why ‘Permit Patty’ Called Police on an 8-Year-Old Girl Selling Water0

    On Saturday, July 23rd, Alison Ettel called police on a young girl selling water without a permit in Oakland, CA. The girl’s relative caught a video of Ettel, tweeted it out, and an Internet rage mob had identified her and her business within hours. Twitter quickly dubbed the then-unidentified woman in the video #PermitPatty. The

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  • Laura Ingalls Wilder Hits the PC Guillotine

    Laura Ingalls Wilder Hits the PC Guillotine1

    Growing up, I never got into stories with knights and fair maidens. Walking around in princess dresses while imagining I was trapped in a castle by a vicious dragon? Not interested. But give me a sunbonnet and braid my hair and I was lost in the world of Laura Ingalls. I still remember being in

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  • What’s Really Behind the Soaring Cost of Weddings

    What’s Really Behind the Soaring Cost of Weddings0

    Talking with a friend the other day, she expressed frustration that she and her boyfriend weren’t engaged yet. Both have degrees, jobs and want to get married. When I suggested she and her beau take the leap, she shook her head. “Oh no,” she replied, “We don’t have the money right now, weddings are soooo

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  • Cruelty on the Border; Cruelty North of the Border

    Cruelty on the Border; Cruelty North of the Border0

    Faced with a surge of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers on the Mexican border, the Trump Administration has implemented a controversial zero-tolerance policy. One effect of this is to separate parents from their children. The parents are referred for criminal prosecution and sent to a federal jail. The children, who are not allowed to accompany

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  • ‘Bourgeois Dignity’: The Idea that Created the Modern World

    ‘Bourgeois Dignity’: The Idea that Created the Modern World0

    When thinking about the astonishing improvement in living standards occurring over the last two centuries, one can’t help but wonder about the causes of such a radical transformation: what explains the unprecedented increase in income per capita that the world has experienced since 1800?  To answer this question, one needs to look back at where it all

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  • Seattle Aiming to Become More Like Detroit

    Seattle Aiming to Become More Like Detroit0

    This article says “Seattle is struggling to find a path forward to deal with a crisis that’s exploded in recent years.” What is that crisis? An economic boom! The article says, “unemployment in the county is at 3%, the lowest in the state… Housing is becoming less affordable, leading to more homelessness. At the same

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