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‘Alloparenting’ Is Not a Replacement for the Traditional Family 0
- Culture
- April 25, 2016
Is it good for parents to have lots of help raising their children? Often it is, and sometimes it’s even necessary. Of course, it depends on who’s helping, how they help, and why the help given is needed. But does it follow that the value of good help casts doubt on the benefits of being
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Why Shakespeare Is Still Relevant 0
- Education
- April 23, 2016
On the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, all lovers of the beauties of the English language and all lovers of the glories of great literature will be in celebratory mode. Here at Aquinas College in Nashville we’re having an all-day Shakespeare Celebration with actors and academics brushing shoulders with college and high-school
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Why Gwyneth Paltrow is Wrong About Nearly Everything 1
- Culture
- April 22, 2016
I admit I laughed hard when I stumbled on this joke by Warren Holstein a few months ago: Gwyneth Paltrow’s New Year’s Resolutions: 1) Win war on gluten. 2) Expand Goop brand. 3) Condescend less to rabble. 4) Delete all Coldplay. I laughed so hard because the joke skewers so accurately. And we actually
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Why French Parents Are Still the Boss of Their Kids 2
- Culture
- April 22, 2016
Several years ago, a friend of mine told me about a fascinating book called French Kids Eat Everything. I finally had a chance to pick it up recently, and so far, it’s an interesting read. In essence, the book describes how one North American family moved to France and soon discovered that picky eating and
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The Original Pinocchio Story was Cray Cray 0
- Entertainment
- April 22, 2016
Recently while hunting for children’s books with my 4-year-old daughter, I picked up a copy of Pinocchio for a dollar. That night for fun I began to thumb through the book. Now, I recall hearing at some point that Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio was not quite the charming, good-natured lad we all remember in Walt Disney’s happy
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Prof: Why the charter school debate has moved beyond ‘better’ or ‘worse’0
- Education
- April 22, 2016
The charter school debate is getting even more heated. Recently, charter opponents launched a campaign from the steps of the Massachusetts State House to warn that charter schools were “sapping resources from the traditional schools that serve most minority students, and creating a two-track system.” Similar opposition has been voiced by critics across the country as well. So when
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Our Grievances Fuel Political Demagogues 0
- Politics
- April 22, 2016
“I was grocery shopping and someone banged my foot with their shopping cart,” said a participant in a workshop I was conducting with a large organization. “They made me mad!” Defensive and indignant, the participant went on to tell how he didn’t receive a proper apology. “Everyone in this room knows what I’m talking about,”
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John Wayne is Dead, John Lennon is Dying 0
- History
- April 22, 2016
Many years ago, growing up in England, I witnessed the dying embers of loyalty to a dead British Empire. For my father’s generation the unthinkable had happened. Night had fallen on the Empire on which they were raised to believe the sun would never set. As a child, my father told me that there were
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Is Science Figuring Out How to REVERSE Death?0
- Science
- April 22, 2016
The Uniform Determination of Death Act (yes, there is such a thing) says there are two ways people in the U.S. can be declared dead. 1) The brain dies; or 2) one experiences an “irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions.” Thinkers as early as Galen (129 A.D. – 216 A.D.) understood the brain to be the
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