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  • My 25th Wedding Anniversary Is This Week. Here’s the Secret to a Happy Marriage.

    My 25th Wedding Anniversary Is This Week. Here’s the Secret to a Happy Marriage.0

    To commemorate my 25th wedding anniversary this week to my husband, Jesse, I asked readers on Facebook to share their own secrets to a long happy marriage. In short, the crowdsourced recipe for marital endurance includes faith, forgiveness, romance, kindness, selflessness, and a healthy dose of humor. A union built to last begins with a

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  • How Ideological Polarization Harms Society

    How Ideological Polarization Harms Society0

    I recently overhead a friend of mine disgustedly muttering at his phone. Contrary to what one might think, his disgust was not over problems with his hand-held device; instead, it was over a notification he had just received from Reddit. The notification explained that he had been banned from the board entitled “Black Lives Matter.”

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  • Could Britain-Style Healthcare Work in America?

    Could Britain-Style Healthcare Work in America?0

    The Democrat Party has been shifting to the left on healthcare. A recent Gallup poll found that nearly 70 percent of Democrats favor a single-payer system.  But the same poll found that when given the choice of “Favor,” “Oppose,” or “Don’t know enough to say,” a whopping 61 percent of responders chose the third option.

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  • A Code of Manhood for a Generation Suffering a ‘Masculinity Crisis’

    A Code of Manhood for a Generation Suffering a ‘Masculinity Crisis’0

    In June the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic co-hosted an event that discussed the “masculinity crisis” many young men are experiencing in America and Europe.  While there was much disagreement as to what is the root cause of this crisis is and how it can best be addressed, the panelists agreed on one thing: a crisis of

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  • 5 Ways My Life Fell Apart When My Smartphone Broke

    5 Ways My Life Fell Apart When My Smartphone Broke0

    You never realize how much you take something for granted until you lose it. I had a rude awakening to this truth when my smartphone decided to go on the blink a few days ago. 1. I was an hour late to work Unaware of the looming fate of my phone, I plugged it into

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  • 3 Things You Need to be Friends with People You Disagree With

    3 Things You Need to be Friends with People You Disagree With0

    I spent the past weekend relaxing with old friends. While it was a busy weekend, we had plenty of time to catch up. Over the course of the weekend, we discovered how much we have changed in just a few years. We live very different lives and hold very different—I would even say opposing—views on

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  • Why Does the Battery in My iPhone Drain So Fast?

    Why Does the Battery in My iPhone Drain So Fast?0

    Why do batteries die? And, why can they only be recharged so many times before they won’t hold a useful amount of charge? My young son asked me about that years ago when his battery-powered toy car stopped moving, wondering about what he called an “everlasting battery.” And this same question has probably crossed the

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  • Want More Women in Technical Fields? Get the Government Out of the Way.

    Want More Women in Technical Fields? Get the Government Out of the Way.0

    A while back, a friend of mine was telling me how he had spent a fair amount of time doing some mechanical work on his car. Hearing this, I made a comment about how nice it was that he could pass this knowledge on to his sons. He smiled and said, “You know the funny

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  • The Separation of Church and State: It’s Biblical

    The Separation of Church and State: It’s Biblical0

    When discussing the history of the West and exploring the ideas and philosophies that led up to the creation of the Magna Carta and the U.S constitution, eventually the religion of Christianity must be brought forward in the discussion. Why? Well, despite the many sins of Christians (and there are many), Christianity is the first major religion that, at its founding,

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