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  • Five Tips for Working While Caring for Small Children

    Five Tips for Working While Caring for Small Children0

    Working while caring for young children is a reality of life for many Americans. Over one-third of America’s workforce does freelance, and companies are becoming more open-minded about telecommuting. These arrangements offer a great deal of freedom, but they also present significant challenges for parents of young children. Yes, daycare and babysitters are expensive, but

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  • Democratic Candidates Want to Triple the Minimum Wage

    Democratic Candidates Want to Triple the Minimum Wage0

    Tom Steyer, the billionaire longshot seeking to become America’s 46th president, says he’d push Congress to pass a $22 hourly minimum wage if elected. Steyer made the announcement on Sunday in Winnsboro, South Carolina, during a campaign block party, MarketWatch reports. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25. While other presidential contenders have called for

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  • A Four-Step Maintenance Plan to Keep Your Relationship Strong

    A Four-Step Maintenance Plan to Keep Your Relationship Strong2

    Early on, relationships are easy. Everything is new and exciting. You go on dates, take trips, spend time together and intentionally cultivate experiences that allow your relationship to grow. Then, somewhere along the way, life happens. One study on married couples in their 30s and 40s found that their marital quality declined over the course

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  • The Vast Majority of High Schoolers Are Unhappy at School

    The Vast Majority of High Schoolers Are Unhappy at School0

    Most high school students are not happy at school. A new study by Yale researchers finds that nearly three-quarters of high schoolers report negative feelings toward school. The study surveyed more than 20,000 high school students in all 50 U.S states and found widespread dissatisfaction at school across all demographic groups, with girls reporting slightly

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  • My Daughter Plays Like a Trad Wife

    My Daughter Plays Like a Trad Wife0

    Having just one almost two-year-old girl, I am a relative newcomer to the world of little girls. My first two children were boys who were drawn towards roadworks, train tracks and diggers. Hence my little girl has a wide range of vehicles to choose from. Yet, unlike either of my boys, she insists on playing with her “babies”,

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  • Let’s Hear the Truth About Coronavirus

    Let’s Hear the Truth About Coronavirus0

    What is happening in China? We now know that Dr. Li Wenliang of Wuhan raised early warnings about the coronavirus. Taken into custody, the doctor was “reprimanded by Wuhan police and forced to sign a letter acknowledging he had made ‘false comments’ on the Chinese Internet.” By trying to conceal the virus, the Communist Party of China

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  • How a Texas Highway Turned One College Professor Away From Socialism

    How a Texas Highway Turned One College Professor Away From Socialism0

    Socialism is the flavor of the day, especially among young people. In both 2010 and 2018 youth support for socialism measured at 51 percent. Although it has remained steady, support for its opposing ideology ­– capitalism – fell from 68 percent to 45 percent over the same time period. Given the college activist environment, can these young

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  • A College President’s Advice to College Students: Don’t Borrow

    A College President’s Advice to College Students: Don’t Borrow0

    Back in 2017, I started regularly leaving my office at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas, to speak to high school students in the Texas Panhandle. This past fall, I did the same thing in the South Plains. These two areas are the northern most 46 counties in the state of Texas. Driving a

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  • What CNN’s Don Lemon Doesn’t Know About Humility

    What CNN’s Don Lemon Doesn’t Know About Humility0

    CNN news anchor, Don Lemon, needs to belittle those who don’t share his worldview. Recently Lemon guffawed hysterically as two panelists mocked Trump, Trump voters, and Southerners. Lemon was overcome with “joy” and felt no need to maintain even a semblance of objectivity as the belittlement of millions of Americans continued. CNN neither rebuked nor disciplined Lemon. Faced with

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