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I’m a Pediatrician. Here’s What I Did When a Little Boy Patient Said He Was a Girl.1
- Politics
- December 11, 2017
“Congratulations, it’s a boy!” Or, “Congratulations, it’s a girl!” As a pediatrician for nearly 20 years, that’s how many of my patient relationships began. Our bodies declare our sex. Biological sex is not assigned. Sex is determined at conception by our DNA and is stamped into every cell of our bodies. Human sexuality is binary.
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How to Live Like a Bitcoin Millionaire 0
- December 11, 2017
The opportunity is to live every dream you have ever had. Now. The problem is that for every dream you realize, you have to relinquish some of your property. And every bit of that property is hard to come by, extraordinarily lucrative, and the single most in-demand thing on the planet earth. So, yes, you
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Gay Men Now Earn More Than Straight Men, Study Finds 0
- Culture
- December 11, 2017
Attitudes about homosexuality have changed dramatically in recent decades, and the change appears to have had economic consequences for gay men—for the better. A new study conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University found that gay men make considerably more than straight men, on average. The findings are a dramatic shift from results of previous studies,
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Can Rising Depression Rates Be Reduced by This New Education Tactic?0
- Culture
- December 11, 2017
There are two common trends in the world of early-childhood education. The first is to have children spend more time engaging in play. The second is quite the opposite, and attempts to give young children a head start by filling their minds with rigorous academics. But one English school for children ages four and five
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Are ‘Grinch Bots’ Stealing Christmas?0
- Economics
- December 11, 2017
When I was a young boy, if I whined over the trivial, my grandmother would say with patience and firmness, “Let’s not make a federal case over this.” You’re probably not concerned over the price of Fingerlings toys, but Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is; and he is making a federal case over it. Schumer
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‘Free Will Exists’: G.K. Chesterton’s Philosophy in 3 Words 0
- Philosophy
- December 11, 2017
If one were to capture G.K. Chesterton’s philosophy to just a few words, it could be done in this sentence: Free will exists. Almost everything else that he wrote followed from this belief, including his objection to fatalism and determinism in all their forms. Chesterton did concede that the determinist thinks that he is a
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Why Euphemisms Are Ubiquitous in Politics 0
- Literature
- December 8, 2017
Political debate in the modern world is impossible without memorizing a list of euphemisms, and there is no shortage of public opprobrium for those who talk about certain topics without using them. In addition to the many euphemisms that are accepted by virtually everybody, the political left has its own set of euphemisms associated with political correctness,
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School SUED for Ban of Conservative Club that Criticized National Anthem Protest 0
- Culture
- December 8, 2017
Five Minnesota high students and their parents are suing one of the state’s most prestigious schools. Students at Edina High School charge that the school violated their free-speech rights and wrongfully terminated their conservative club, according to a complaint filed in Minnesota federal district court on Thursday. The lawsuit stems from a Veterans Day protest
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News Is Suffering From Groupthink, Say Critics 0
- Culture
- December 8, 2017
Arthur Milikh, associate director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics at Heritage, opened the discussion at the Oct. 31 event by asking rhetorically whether the press serves the public—or governs it. He said the news media want “the First Amendment to read, ‘Congress shall not abridge the freedom of the press,
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I’m a Pediatrician. Here’s What I Did When a Little Boy Patient Said He Was a Girl.1