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How Playing Boardgames Can Help Us Live Better Lives 0
- Culture
- October 16, 2019
Recently, my wife and I were playing a board game with some friends. She won. She didn’t want to. She wanted the rest of the group to win instead. At a crucial point in the game, she offered to make a move that would have reduced the gap between everyone. But we encouraged her to make
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Fact-Checking the Fourth Democratic Debate 0
- Culture
- October 16, 2019
The largest number of candidates to date filled the stage at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, for the fourth Democratic presidential debate last night. They offered a number of statements and assessments that bear further scrutiny. 1. Which will benefit workers more: A Universal Basic Income or $15 minimum wage? Senator Cory Booker: I hope that
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America: Ripe for Communist Revolution?0
- Culture
- October 16, 2019
Positive views of socialism are growing. Forty-two percent of Americans hold a positive view of the ideology in a recent Pew Research report. A Gallup poll placed socialism’s favorability at 36 percent only a decade ago. Why the growing numbers? A look at personal explanations from the Pew report sheds some light on this growth. In
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The Clock Is Ticking: Trillions in Debt With No Solutions 0
- Culture
- October 15, 2019
As the U.S. Debt Clock reveals, our national debt will soon reach an astounding $23 trillion. We show little inclination to rein in spending, cut programs, investigate cost overruns, or reduce the number of federal workers. No, we keep spending money like it will vanish from our wallets regardless, so much so that we are blasé about
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New York City: The Front Line of Minimum Wage Misery 0
- Economics
- October 15, 2019
Surprise, surprise: minimum wage hikes are bringing unintended consequences to the Big Apple. They’re especially pronounced on the Upper West Side, where a neighborhood staple recently shuttered its doors due to the city’s $15-an-hour minimum wage. At the end of September, Gabriela’s Restaurant and Tequila Bar officially closed after 25 years in business, citing sky-high labor
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Gender Neutral Bathrooms and the Middle School Girl 0
- October 15, 2019
While Western aid organizations advocate for sanitary, sex-segregated bathrooms in developing nations, here at home, legislators are turning their backs on protections for women and girls. In fact, the worldwide effort to destigmatize menstruation and women’s hygiene has seemingly reversed course in the U.S. and UK. Developed nations are making a U-turn on toilet facilities,
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Five Questions About Impeachment in the Senate 0
- Politics
- October 15, 2019
Editor’s note: If the House of Representatives concludes its impeachment inquiry by passing articles of impeachment of President Donald Trump, attention will turn to the Senate. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, is known as a master of the Senate’s rules, and has been raising campaign donations with ads touting the power he would
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Against ‘Scruffy Hospitality’2
- Family
- October 15, 2019
Our society sends mixed messages about hospitality. On the one hand, thanks to Pinterest and the proliferation of food blogs, we are inundated with photos of fancy dishes and gorgeous table settings in immaculate homes. The subtext hints that this is how true hospitality is practiced. At the same time, there’s a plethora of articles
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Why We Love Spiderman 0
- Culture
- October 14, 2019
Peter Parker. The teenager we’ve watched through multiple reboots captivates us. The man beneath the mask weaves a web across many generations, especially among those who, with Peter, are trying to figure out where they fit in a world with shifting definitions of masculinity and femininity, adolescence and adulthood, good and evil. Love it or hate it, the Marvel universe
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