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Why Do So Many Parents Throw Extravagant Birthday Parties for Their Kids?0
- Culture
- May 22, 2018
I had a fair number of birthday parties during my childhood years. They were highly anticipated and often featured my favorite foods, a few simple games, and a handful of friends. But while they were thematic in nature, they never extended beyond decorations and ideas that my family and I couldn’t execute inexpensively on our
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‘Gumball’ Clip Brilliantly Reveals the Hollowness of Social Justice ‘Tolerance’1
- Entertainment
- May 22, 2018
Few would disagree with the assertion that genuine tolerance is a virtue. As University of Texas professor and ethics expert J. Budziszewski states, “To tolerate something is to put up with it even though we might be tempted to suppress it.” What many are increasingly noticing, however, is that tolerance is often practiced in a
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Identity Politics Is Now Undermining Science 0
- Science
- May 21, 2018
The prestige of science in our culture is well-earned. That scientists discover truths (or at least serviceable approximations to truths) is undeniable. The evidence for that is how successfully scientific findings have been applied for centuries as technology, which has improved life greatly for countless people. Sound science depends on methodologies that are
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Boys are Growing Frustrated by Living in a Feminized Society… and That’s Showing Up in Their Friends 1
- Culture
- May 21, 2018
I burst out laughing the other day while reading a friend’s Facebook status. He explained that he and his two grade school sons were watching Anne of Green Gables when they came to the part where Anne and Diana have a conversation while standing on a cliff overlooking the sea. The youngest son suddenly blurted
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The Real Show Stealer at the Royal Wedding Wasn’t the American Preacher 0
- Culture
- May 21, 2018
Until a few hours before Saturday’s Royal Wedding (and don’t pretend you do not know which royals I am talking about) my attitude was roughly the same as this staunch Brit’s – that is, I couldn’t have cared less. But as the momentous hour drew near and I was still not asleep in my antipodean bed, I
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Victor Davis Hanson: The True Threat to America’s Civil Liberties Is It’s Law-Breaking Intelligence Apparatus 0
- May 21, 2018
This is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper. ? T.S. Eliot One strange trait of the die hard NeverTrump Republicans and progressives is their charge that Donald Trump poses an existential threat to democracy. Trump, as is his wont, says a lot of outrageous and weird things.
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Why Do So Many Parents Throw Extravagant Birthday Parties for Their Kids?0