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Viral Video: Author Explains What’s Wrong with Millennials 0
- Culture
- January 3, 2017
Personally, I’m not someone who likes to spend time criticizing millennials for their reputedly bad attitudes at work. It’s not that I think that individual millennials don’t bear any responsibility for the traits they’ve come to be associated with, such as entitlement, narcissism, laziness, etc. It’s just that I don’t think they bear sole responsibility
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If Women are Better Doctors, Aren’t Men Better Firefighters?0
- Culture
- January 3, 2017
Men and women are made differently and possess different skills and attributes. This is one of those statements that used to be uncontroversial and incontrovertible, but in the last few years become politically incorrect to utter. Female applicants to the New York City Fire Department are held to a different standard than men in the
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Has Society Forgotten How to Be Responsible?0
- Culture
- January 3, 2017
Every once in a while a story surfaces about a returned library book overdue by an obscene number of years. The incident is usually laughed over and the fine forgiven – much to the relief of all of us who secretly wonder what “overdue” items we might have hiding in our own houses. Over the
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France Bans Parents from Spanking Their Children 0
- Culture
- January 3, 2017
With the New Year comes new resolutions, new ideas, and of course, new laws. France is no exception when it comes to that latter category. But one of the country’s most recent laws may be a bit too invasive for many French families. According to the Paris publication Glamour, the latest law bans parents from
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For Americans, Work-Life Balance Is Becoming More Elusive 0
- Culture
- January 3, 2017
Many of us want more time with our families, for engaging in sports and leisure activities and even for an occasional vacation on a remote tropical island. Instead we decide to spend more time at work. Whether it’s for economic reasons or pressure from our boss to finish that big project ahead of schedule, indulging
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Be the Master of the Thrift Store 0
- Culture
- January 3, 2017
Brand new Cole-Haan leather shoes, just my size: $5. Four matching framed prints of old Roman coins: $4. Ralph Lauren windowpane-checked three-button suit: $20. Waist-length mink coat: $32. Real pearl and rare stone necklace: $3.50. Hand-painted wine carafe imported from Israel: $2. Twinkie warmer circa 1983: $1.50. I’m talking thrift store here, as in Goodwill.
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Wise (and Timeless) Advice from Rudyard Kipling 0
- History
- December 30, 2016
In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, two towns 100 miles apart boast different names but nonetheless were named for the same person—though he never set foot in either one. The towns are Kipling and Rudyard, and the honored individual was Rudyard Kipling. A re-reading of a poem he first published 106 years ago is a good way to end
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Why I’ll Miss Carrie Fisher 0
- Culture
- December 30, 2016
Carrie Fisher once said her life could be summed up in a single sentence: “If my life weren’t funny, it would just be true.” At the heart of this sentence lies the reason I will miss Carrie Fisher: She was honest. The love of truth is a rare thing. T.S. Eliot and others have observed
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Webcamming: The Sex Work Revolution No One Will Talk About 0
- Culture
- December 30, 2016
The development of the internet has completely transformed the way we do business; and the “oldest profession” is no exception. In a world of online chatrooms, webcam performers can market anything from conversation to explicit sex acts. And unlike pornography or prostitution, there are virtually no laws regulating this form of sex work. Webcamming is
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