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  • 10 (Huge) Societal Changes Since the First ‘Incredibles’ Movie in 2004

    10 (Huge) Societal Changes Since the First ‘Incredibles’ Movie in 20040

    A friend of mine saw Incredibles 2 last weekend and remarked how strikingly different it was from the original. It got me thinking about how much has changed since The Incredibles first came out in 2004.   Here’s a look at just how different culture, families, and technology were 14 years ago.   1. Blockbuster

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  • What’s Really Behind the Soaring Cost of Weddings

    What’s Really Behind the Soaring Cost of Weddings0

    Talking with a friend the other day, she expressed frustration that she and her boyfriend weren’t engaged yet. Both have degrees, jobs and want to get married. When I suggested she and her beau take the leap, she shook her head. “Oh no,” she replied, “We don’t have the money right now, weddings are soooo

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  • Seattle Aiming to Become More Like Detroit

    Seattle Aiming to Become More Like Detroit0

    This article says “Seattle is struggling to find a path forward to deal with a crisis that’s exploded in recent years.” What is that crisis? An economic boom! The article says, “unemployment in the county is at 3%, the lowest in the state… Housing is becoming less affordable, leading to more homelessness. At the same

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  • Morality and Immigration: 4 Overlooked Stats Everyone Is Missing in the Border Crisis Debate

    Morality and Immigration: 4 Overlooked Stats Everyone Is Missing in the Border Crisis Debate0

    The humanitarian crisis unfolding on America’s southern border is a tragic scene. Reports state that Department of Health and Human Services has been taking in about 250 children per day in recent weeks as immigrants from South America—primarily from the nations of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras—pour into America. By August, the department could have

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  • Cruelty on the Border; Cruelty North of the Border

    Cruelty on the Border; Cruelty North of the Border0

    Faced with a surge of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers on the Mexican border, the Trump Administration has implemented a controversial zero-tolerance policy. One effect of this is to separate parents from their children. The parents are referred for criminal prosecution and sent to a federal jail. The children, who are not allowed to accompany

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  • Americans Are Increasingly Revealing Their Self-absorption in Their Clothing

    Americans Are Increasingly Revealing Their Self-absorption in Their Clothing0

    Yesterday afternoon an email from an Intellectual Takeout reader arrived in my inbox, asking what I thought of the jacket Melania Trump wore to visit migrant children near the Mexican border. Having read a previous article I wrote on Melania’s fashion choices, this reader asked if I could weigh in with some thoughts. Pulling up

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