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How Higher Education “Studies” Men 0
- Culture
- August 30, 2017
In 2013, Stony Brook University (part of the SUNY system) revealed plans for a new “Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities.” Since I’m a Stony Brook grad, I was quite interested in this development. Would the new Center do anything to enhance the school’s reputation for scholarship? I didn’t think it would, but
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Why You Shouldn’t Worry if Your Child Can’t Read by Age Eight 2
- Culture
- August 30, 2017
Not long ago, comedian Crystal Lowery posted a Facebook status about her personal life. The post had to do with decisions she and her husband had made regarding their young son, and began as follows: “I’m not teaching my 5-year-old how to read. Don’t get me wrong, we read him books all the time. We’ve
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Reese Witherspoon’s Daughter Has Something Many Celebrity Children Lack: A Work Ethic 0
- Culture
- August 30, 2017
In his book, The Vanishing American Adult, Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska shared with readers his favorite hashtag game from the summer of 2016. It was called #FirstSevenJobs, which asked Twitter users to list the jobs they first encountered in their working lives. The Senator’s first jobs were mostly agricultural, having grown up in Nebraska,
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Losing a Dad Changes the Biology of Children 0
- Family
- August 29, 2017
A fascinating piece of research related to father loss is highlighted by an article at Family Studies. Most studies of the effects on a child losing his or her father through death, divorce or incarceration, rely on survey questions to measure health. But the new research, published in the US journal Pediatrics this month, took
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Professors Implore Students: ‘Think for Yourselves’!0
- Culture
- August 29, 2017
It’s telling of our times when Americans have to be told to do the simplest of tasks. It’s also telling when they have to be told how to do that same task. Such is the case with a back to school memo recently released by professors from Princeton, Harvard, and Yale. Their simple advice? Think
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Trump is Smart to Insist a Military Option Against North Korea Remains on the Table 0
- International
- August 29, 2017
President Donald Trump said “all options are on the table” Tuesday in response to North Korea firing a ballistic missile that passed over Japan. “The world has received North Korea’s latest message loud and clear: this regime has signaled its contempt for its neighbors, for all members of the United Nations, and for minimum standards
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