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Manufacturing More Mom Guilt 0
- Culture
- February 15, 2021
A little over a year ago I got a note from a reader who told me she was leaving her present job for a better one. She was climbing the ladder of success and… heading home. That’s right, her new job was one which the corporate world might frown upon, with responsibilities including changing diapers,
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Dark Winter of a Grand Old Party 0
- Politics
- February 12, 2021
It has been a dreadful three months for the Grand Old Party. On Nov. 3, President Donald Trump seemed to have lost the White House by narrowly losing three crucial blue states he had won in 2016—Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania—and Georgia and Arizona as well. Trump immediately mounted an acrimonious two-month
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Reason Can’t Prevail Against an Irrational Opposition 0
- Culture
- February 12, 2021
“Mandalorian” star Gina Carano made headlines this week when she was fired from Disney. Her crime? Authoring a social media post comparing the censorship of conservatives to Nazi persecution. Disney’s decision set off a salvo of justified attacks on the company. But while the self-righteous anger is gratifying to fans both of Carano’s acting and
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More Than Hearts and Roses 0
- Culture
- February 12, 2021
For years, my wife used to celebrate Valentine’s Day. She’d post hearts and flowers around the house, have the kids write cards to their friends and grandparents, and give them those heart-shaped candies embossed with sayings like “Be Mine” and “Luv You.” All too often I was one of those shame-faced guys standing in a
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Applying the Greene Standard to Rev. Sharpton 0
- Politics
- February 11, 2021
Because of offensive tweets posted by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., before she won office, House Democrats joined by 11 Republicans voted to strip her of her committee assignments. If this is the new standard, can we apply this to the Rev. Al Sharpton, aka a Democratic “kingmaker,” whose support was solicited by every major
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Politicians Seem Loath to Let COVID End 0
- Politics
- February 11, 2021
Two weeks to “slow the spread” proved to be a lie as state government stay-at-home orders stretched on and on, being taken away and reintroduced at the whims of governors rather than by acts of the various legislatures. Even when we were permitted out of our homes, they imposed rules on who we could visit,
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