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  • Biological Male Wins NCAA Women’s Track Championship

    Biological Male Wins NCAA Women’s Track Championship0

    A biological male who identifies as a transgender woman won an NCAA national championship over Memorial Day weekend. Franklin Pierce University runner CeCe Telfer won the Division II women’s 400-meter hurdles on Saturday night, besting the second-place finisher by more than a second. “Telfer is the first student-athlete in Franklin Pierce history to collect an

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  • Aldi and the Virtues of ‘Brutal Efficiency’

    Aldi and the Virtues of ‘Brutal Efficiency’1

    In recent years, we’ve witnessed a food revolution of sorts, leading to expansive consumer choice and an increasing emphasis on healthy or specialty foods that are locally and ethically sourced. In turn, a flurry of grocery chains have capitalized on such trends, with some stuffing their aisles with countless brands as others focus on “socially

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  • When the Tassle Isn’t Worth the Hassle

    When the Tassle Isn’t Worth the Hassle0

    Graduation season has become somewhat poignant for me. I can’t help but smile when I step through the sliding doors of a box store and find myself looking at a display of cards, balloons, and festive pastries. Hats off to the grads! The tassle is worth the hassle! They’re such happy sentiments. I haven’t donned

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  • Should Hikers Pay for Their Own Rescue?

    Should Hikers Pay for Their Own Rescue?0

    If a hiker gets lost in the wilderness, should she bear the costs of her own rescue?  The recent ordeal of a woman lost in a Maui forest for seventeen days brings this issue once again to public attention. State-funded rescue operations were called off after three days of effort because of the expense, but

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  • Extreme Marie Kondo: Could You Give Up all Your Worldly Goods?

    Extreme Marie Kondo: Could You Give Up all Your Worldly Goods?0

    Marie Kondo’s Netflix show “Tidying Up” is a smash hit. Thrift stores all over America have seen a spike in donations – to the extent that some have had to impose limits on how much people can donate. The premise of the show is simple: in each episode, a different family goes through all their

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  • Debunking Seven Persistent Myths About Homeschoolers

    Debunking Seven Persistent Myths About Homeschoolers0

    In the last fifty years, homeschooling in the United States has grown from a tiny movement composed primarily of conservative Christians and John Holt “unschoolers” to its present size of around 1.69 million students. Despite these numbers, and despite the fact that most Americans are familiar with the concept of homeschooling, some misconceptions continue to

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  • A Nordic Paradox: Higher Gender Equality, More Partner Violence

    A Nordic Paradox: Higher Gender Equality, More Partner Violence0

    Which countries lead the world in gender equality? If you don’t know the answer to that you must. have been living in North Korea. Everyone else knows that it’s the Nordics: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. On average across these countries, three out of every four working-age women are in employment; gaps between the

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  • Inverting the Wisdom of the Ages

    Inverting the Wisdom of the Ages0

    “They have called the people happy, that hath these things,” says the psalmist, thinking of tall sons and lovely daughters, great herds of sheep, fat oxen, and full granaries, “but happy is that people whose God is the Lord.” We have inverted that wisdom, and placed a severe limit on the one item in that

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  • The PC Killing of Kate Smith

    The PC Killing of Kate Smith0

    Back in 1983 when I was in the Navy, I was stationed in San Diego, and on an occasional Saturday night, when I was not on duty, I would head on down to the San Diego Sports Arena and watch the San Diego Sockers indoor soccer team play. At the beginning of the game, they

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