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  • Why I Am Not Raising My Daughters to be Feminists

    Why I Am Not Raising My Daughters to be Feminists0

    HuffPost reported recently on a project created by photographers and partners Sham Hinchey and Marzia Messina called “Dear Daughters,” in which 22 men posed for artsy portraits with their daughters, ages eight to eleven, and chatted informally but a little awkwardly, with them about feminism. As you might expect from HuffPost, a half-hour video of the process depicts

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  • Want to Raise a Capable Adult? Have Your Child Do These 5 Activities

    Want to Raise a Capable Adult? Have Your Child Do These 5 Activities0

    There have been several hopeful signs coming out of the doom and gloom generation – also known as millennials – in the last few months which seem to signal that they may finally be growing up. The first sign can be seen in birth rates, which, although still behind those of other generations, continue to

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  • Richard Thaler Wins Nobel Prize in Economics

    Richard Thaler Wins Nobel Prize in Economics0

    The University of Chicago’s Richard Thaler has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in economics. Thaler is a leading practitioner of behavioral economics, the application of psychology to problems of valuation, choice, exchange, and pricing. Following Mises, most Austrian economists have distinguished sharply between praxeology, the logical analysis of action, and psychology, the behavioral motivations and

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  • JFK Assassination Files Set for Release

    JFK Assassination Files Set for Release0

    It’s 2017, and conspiracy theorists around the world are eagerly awaiting the release of thousands of never seen before government documents related to the assassination of president John F. Kennedy. Due out in late October, the new material will no doubt reignite interest in the JFK assassination and it is likely that a host of

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  • How the Stoicism of Roman Philosophers Can Help Us Deal with Depression

    How the Stoicism of Roman Philosophers Can Help Us Deal with Depression0

    Depression is on the rise. A study conducted by the World Health Organization found an increase of 20 percent in depression cases within just a decade. I work on a university campus. One might expect such a place to feel vibrant and energetic, but lately there seems to be more fatigue and malaise. Even for

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  • How Does Porn Affect Relationships?

    How Does Porn Affect Relationships?0

    The death of Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy Magazine, left many wondering about his legacy. Some argued that the sexual liberation that Hefner helped lead was a good thing. Others, who saw his magazine as the mainstreaming of pornography (chart), said the opposite was true. Either way, both sides seem to agree that Hefner

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  • ‘It Begs the Question’—How to Actually Use That Phrase

    ‘It Begs the Question’—How to Actually Use That Phrase1

    “It begs the question…” Most people use this phrase to mean the equivalent of “It raises the question” or “It invites the question”. For instance, in a tee-up to their “news” story last month that Ivanka Trump still calls our president “Daddy”, Britain’s Telegraph wrote, “It begs the question—how old is too old to call

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  • Why Are We So Afraid of Boredom?

    Why Are We So Afraid of Boredom?0

    I opened my window the other afternoon, intending to let a whiff of fall float through the room for a while. But instead of moving on as I intended, I stopped and looked down at the scene below. There sat my little neighbor girl, busily engaged with a friend in tying a rope to a

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  • Trump Administration Reverses Obama-Era Policies on Religious Freedom

    Trump Administration Reverses Obama-Era Policies on Religious Freedom0

    The Trump administration came out strongly in defense of religious freedom Friday, with new legal guidance and a move to reverse one of the most controversial Obamacare mandates. The Justice Department guidelines direct attorneys and agencies that freedom of religion extends to both organizations and individuals, and includes living out one’s religious beliefs. Under the

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