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Journalism is Full of Alarmist Clickbait 0
- Culture
- May 7, 2019
Much of journalism is now alarmist clickbait or fearmongering. To attract viewers and readers, reporters make it seem like Nazis and white supremacists are everywhere. Daniel Greenfield provides an example taken from a much larger essay by a liberal mother whose 13-year-old son had temporarily drifted into the alt-right after being targeted by sexist administrators
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Distractions Don’t Have to Control You 0
- Culture
- May 7, 2019
Did you reach for your smartphone shortly after awaking? If so, 12 minutes later, you may reach for your smartphone again. If you are a typical smartphone user, you will check your phone 80 times today and feel anxiety if your phone is out of reach. Arguing that constant smartphone usage promises “fulfillment and excitement,”
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Why Good Books Are Better When You Talk About Them 0
- Culture
- May 6, 2019
What do you do when you finish reading with children, say, at bedtime? Perhaps what many parents do — just close the book, kiss your child goodnight, ruffle their hair, and turn out the light. To be sure, that emotionally intimate time of reading together is a precious experience — the pleasure of a good
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The Children at Play in Congress 0
- Politics
- May 6, 2019
“Where do the children play?” is the refrain from a 1970 Cat Stevens song in which the singer-songwriter warned about the dangers of skyscrapers, roads, and plans to the environment. Well, here we are, forty-nine years later, and children are still romping around playgrounds, parks, backyards, woods, and sandboxes. Oh, yes — and the halls
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Congratulations, Harry and Meghan! Now It’s Time for a Second Baby.0
- Culture
- May 6, 2019
Congratulations to Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on the birth of their baby boy! As a fellow parent, I would like to offer them some advice. Harry and Meghan, you need to have a second baby as soon as possible. And no, I don’t mean because of the biological clock (Meghan is 37).
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A Parent’s Primer On Why College Is So Pricey—and What You Can Do About It 0
- Economics
- May 6, 2019
All of this talk about free college and student loan forgiveness should lead us to wonder why college costs and debt are rising in the first place. Not that long ago, many of us paid for much or all of our college tuition — even at private institutions — by working campus and summer jobs.
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8th Place: A High School Girl’s Life After Transgender Students Join Her Sport 0
- Culture
- May 6, 2019
When two high school athletes who were born male but identify as female took first and second place at Connecticut’s girls indoor track championship this year, it wasn’t just a local news story. To some, it was a story of triumph and courage. The winner, a junior from Bloomfield High School, set a girls state indoor record
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You Can Work for the Bernie 2020 Campaign, but Don’t Expect Health Insurance 0
- Economics
- May 3, 2019
Polls show that presidential candidate Bernie Sanders enjoys great appeal among young voters. No Health Insurance for Interns A Harvard-Harris poll conducted in January found that the Vermont senator’s strongest support comes from the 18-34 demographic, where he was favored by nearly one-third (29 percent) of prospective Democratic and independent voters. Sanders’s closest rivals in
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Why Schools Need a ‘Curriculum of Family’0
- Culture
- May 3, 2019
Who should be a greater influence in a child’s life: parents or teachers? Many would say the latter. After all, teachers are the professional experts who know about childhood development and the elements of a good education. They are the ones who can get children through school, into a good college, and eventually into a
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Journalism is Full of Alarmist Clickbait 0