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Want to See Your Child at School? Pass a Background Check 0
- Culture
- October 21, 2016
A new lunchroom policy in Alabama is making waves, and unlike recent lunchroom controversies, this one has nothing to do with Michelle Obama’s menus. According to local news media, AL.com, parents and grandparents who want to stop in to see their child during the lunch hour will now have to pass a background check –
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Video Sums Up “Modern Educayshun”0
- Education
- October 21, 2016
If you’ve been following the news this last week, you’ve likely seen how school campuses are becoming dominated by contention over issues such as equality, racism, and other diversity-minded issues. But what happens when these issues come to dominate the curriculum, too? That’s the question explored in the amusing – and increasingly accurate – clip below:
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Did Pediatricians Really Say More Screen Time is Okay?0
- Culture
- October 21, 2016
Judging by today’s headlines, it would appear that the American Academy of Pediatrics has taken the guilt trip off parents everywhere. As The Washington Post eagerly explains: “For years, the American Academy of Pediatrics set a simple and clear ceiling: no more than two hours parked in front of the TV for any child over
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Freedom Comes at a Price–And We Don’t Want to Pay It 0
- Culture
- October 21, 2016
There might be few things on which most people agree but freedom is one of them. Although we might differ over what we understand freedom to be, we all think freedom is a good thing. And yet, truth be told, most of us don’t care as much about it as we say we do or
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Should Life Be Happy or Meaningful?0
- Culture
- October 20, 2016
It’s the never-ending question – even if it is rather a subconscious one. What makes for a good life? We all strive for happiness, but does that do the trick? According to this article from Time, the type of life we are after is one that is meaningful, not happy. Does that indicate that people
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Women Still Need Men 0
- Culture
- October 20, 2016
A favorite modern pastime seems to be analyzing the controversial topic of gender relations, past and present. There are editorials aplenty delving into the nature of misogyny, the historical reign of patriarchy, and the rise of female empowerment in the modern age. Hollywood follows this trend, using period pieces in particular to highlight “modern” female
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