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Millennial Pet Owners: Stop Calling Yourselves ‘Dog Moms’9
- Culture
- July 13, 2017
I love dogs. I grew up with dogs who became part of our family, so it was no surprise to anyone that I got a dog when I moved away from home to Philadelphia. My husky, Annika, became my sidekick, and it has been great to have her company and an excuse to explore a new
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Labor Unions are Now Filing Grievances against Goats 0
- Culture
- July 13, 2017
A major union is rallying its supporters to battle the latest job-stealing enemy: goats. The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and the University of Michigan have had a well-established working relationship with each other for years. But this is largely because the labor union holds a contract with the school, barring
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Cherishing Stuff with a Photo Can Help You Let Go of It 0
- Culture
- July 13, 2017
Picture your favorite childhood stuffed animal. Are you clinging to it even though neither you nor anyone else in your household has played with that creature in years? If so, you’re not alone. Parting with possessions we don’t need is a struggle for many Americans. We have an average of at least 50 unused items in
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16 Things You Didn’t Know About Julius Caesar 0
- Culture
- July 13, 2017
On July 13, 100 B.C., Julius Caesar was born in Rome to a patrician family of relatively modest means. During his formative years, Rome was transforming and expanding. Caesar, perhaps seeing the success of his uncle, the statesman and general Gaius Marius, set his eyes on a career in the Roman military. He spent much
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‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ is No Longer Appropriate Terminology 1
- Culture
- July 13, 2017
Via the BBC: “London Underground staff have been told to say ‘hello everyone’ in an effort to become more gender-neutral. TfL (Transport for London) said the move was to ensure all passengers felt ‘welcome’. LGBT campaign group Stonewall welcomed the decision, which was supported by London mayor Sadiq Khan at a session of Mayor’s Question
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When It Comes to Reading, Does Quality Beat Quantity?0
- Literature
- July 12, 2017
At this cultural moment, a question like quality-over-quantity may seem an inane one to ask. We live in a society, after all, where schools dumb down their English curricula, where one in five rising freshmen enter college as ‘book virgins’, and (with apologies to Norman Juster) where those same students swim for years in the
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This 40-Year-Old Statement about Evergreen College May Explain the Campus’ Current Upheaval 0
- Culture
- July 12, 2017
By now most of us have heard the name of The Evergreen State College. And by now, many of us are likely sick of it as well. The small state college was launched to national prominence early in 2017 when students protested statements made by Bret Weinstein, a liberal biology professor. Weinstein’s sin occurred when
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Teachers Are Abandoning Political Neutrality in Schools 0
- Culture
- July 12, 2017
Quinn Northup was a senior at Minnesota’s Edina High School (EHS) last November when the world around her began to go a little crazy. Teachers and students were openly weeping, some uncontrollably. There was hugging. People were offering words of comfort and support to one another. “It’s going to be okay…” “Don’t worry…” “We will
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Should you tell your daughter she’s beautiful?0
- Culture
- July 12, 2017
Every parent of a daughter will know the feeling – looking at your little girl and thinking: how could anyone be so beautiful? I am certainly guilty of it; I think I experience this every day! My little Emma is just over a year old, and often I can’t help but tell her she’s beautiful
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Millennial Pet Owners: Stop Calling Yourselves ‘Dog Moms’9