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3 Reasons Why We Should Get Rid of Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings 0
- Politics
- September 10, 2018
I think it’s time to seriously consider getting rid of these hearings for Supreme Court nominees. The Constitution doesn’t require a hearing. All it says is that the Senate must give advice and consent. You can do that with a simple up-or-down vote. And let’s be real: Do we really think one senator’s vote is
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Who Had the Bright Idea of Transferring Men to Women’s Prisons?0
- Politics
- September 10, 2018
The other day I was told by a rheumatologist working for the National Health Service that there was a note in my records recommending me for a PSA test (a marker for prostate disease) because of my age. A PSA test for a woman? What is going on in the NHS? Ah, but the note
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C.S. Lewis and the Lavender Inner Ring 0
- Culture
- September 10, 2018
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Does Family Bonding Reduce ADHD?0
- Culture
- September 7, 2018
It’s hard to deny that cases of ADHD have exploded in recent years. This is particularly true for boys, whose ADHD diagnoses, as the chart below shows, increased from 11 percent to 15.1 percent between 2003 and 2015. It’s easy to look at this increase and blame any number of things. Smartphones. Video games. Lack
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‘The Resistance’ to Trump Fails a Basic Test of Courage 0
- Politics
- September 7, 2018
What were the editors of the New York Times smoking when they decided to publish an op-ed by an anonymous official in the Trump Administration? “I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations,” he wrote. He and his buddies are “the Resistance” – secret
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‘Cosby’ Actor Reminds Us of the Dignity of Work 0
- Culture
- September 7, 2018
After a decades-long career in film, theater, and education, actor Geoffrey Owens decided to take a part-time job as a cashier at Trader Joe’s. When customers and news outlets began posting photos of the actor bagging groceries, the resulting comments included a mix of mockery and what Owens describes as “job-shaming.” Fortunately, according to Owens, “the
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