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Incident Highlights a Problem with Transgender Bathroom Laws 0
- Politics
- February 17, 2016
This past December, Washington State enacted a new policy that allows people to choose bathrooms based on whatever gender they identify with. The law affects public and private buildings such as schools, restaurants, stores, and places of employment. Predictably, a recent incident has already highlighted that such laws are fraught with many problems, one in
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How Air Combat Changed Roald Dahl 0
- Culture
- February 17, 2016
As an adult rereading Roald Dahl’s works, such as James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, you may be surprised by just how dark they can be at times even though they’re written for children. Dahl certainly had a knack for writing about the macabre or darker sides of life,
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Doctor: Physicians Don’t Care About Their Patients Anymore 0
- Culture
- February 17, 2016
Not long ago, a family member of mine had a short stay in the hospital. His doctor, although not assigned to visit him on his rounds, saw that he had been admitted and insisted on adding him to his schedule. The reason? He had developed a friendship over time with my family member, and as
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A Trump-esque President in a Catholic University?0
- Education
- February 17, 2016
Mount St. Mary’s University, near Baltimore, is the nation’s second-oldest Catholic university. Faced with financial trouble, the Board of Trustees saw fit a few years ago to hire a businessman, Simon Newman, to fix the problem. But Newman’s style, and now his very mission, have created a huge kerfuffle. He has made numerous administrative changes,
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Your Neanderthal DNA is Causing You Problems 0
- Science
- February 15, 2016
The Neanderthal DNA you didn’t know you have is likely causing you some problems. A new study by the University of Washington and Vanderbilt University has found that the small of amount of Neanderthal DNA that most people have is linked to a wide variety of less-than-enjoyable conditions, “including depression, nicotine addiction, heart attacks, corns
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Tradition with Incredible Track Record Predicts the GOP Nominee 0
- Culture
- February 15, 2016
Whether it’s First Lady cookie bake-offs, 7-Eleven coffee drinkers, or Halloween mask sales, there have been any number of fun and admittedly crazy ways to predict the outcome of presidential elections in recent years. But there’s also a longstanding and largely successful way to predict the nominee for the party not currently in the White
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Top Ten Ways to Be a Man 1
- Culture
- February 15, 2016
In an age in which tweed jackets have been replaced by sweatshirts, pants have holes and shoes lack laces, and the “un-done” look is considered attractive, maybe we need to reconsider our codes of conduct, especially when it comes to the art of being a man. Thus, the question is begged: What makes a man?
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This is How a Chinese Son Begged His Parents for Forgiveness 0
- Culture
- February 15, 2016
Last week, people from around the world were moved by the above photo, which showed 46-year-old Zhang Jinli kneeling in front of his parents at a railway station, begging them for forgiveness. According to the BBC: “He was apparently begging his parents, who are both in their eighties, for forgiveness. The paper reported that Mr
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The return of the housewife 0
- Culture
- February 15, 2016
American Housewife, Helen Ellis’ critically acclaimed, darkly comic, collection of short stories, is the latest addition to the conversation about domestic life. The book was born from Ellis’ anonymous Twitter account @WhatIDoAllDay – a question she and many other women who manage a home often get asked. “Helen Ellis Is Giving Housewives a Very Good
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