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  • What we lose when we photograph life instead of experiencing it

    What we lose when we photograph life instead of experiencing it0

    At a conference on June 14, Facebook executive Nicola Mendelsohn predicted that the social networking site would be “all video” within five years. “We’re seeing a year-on-year decline of text,” she said. “If I was having a bet, I’d say: video, video, video.” Meanwhile, a recent article in The New York Times chronicled the lives

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  • Is Society Destroying the Kind of Women Men Want?

    Is Society Destroying the Kind of Women Men Want?0

    Several months ago, I wrote a short piece asking whether or not men still “admire, respect, and value the women who don’t chase after or toy with them.” The question spawned from various works of classic literature and movies such as Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, which finds the heroine’s quiet, non-attention-grabbing ways captivating the heart

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  • History: Don’t Expect Much from ‘The Masses’

    History: Don’t Expect Much from ‘The Masses’0

    In the movie Gladiator, when Maximus enters the arena to boisterous cheers from the crowd, the jealous Commodus laments, “They embrace him like he’s one of their own.” His sister Lucilla responds, “The mob is fickle, brother. He’ll be forgotten in a month.” The mob is fickle. With these words, the character Lucilla succinctly expresses

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  • Are Children’s Lives Becoming Too Structured?

    Are Children’s Lives Becoming Too Structured?0

    In her new book Balanced and Barefoot, occupational therapist Angela Hanscom makes some interesting observations about the state children are in today. She writes: “When I asked a few teachers about the play skills of children today compared to children thirty years ago, here is what one said: ‘There is less imaginary play. We used

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  • 7 reasons why the Pope’s gaffes are OK

    7 reasons why the Pope’s gaffes are OK0

    Pope Francis keeps making headlines, but not in a way that soothes all Catholics. This week CNN reported that “Pope says Christians should apologize to gay people”, a story which was relayed by NPR as “Pope Francis: Church Should Apologize To Gays And Other Marginalized Groups”. As usual, this upset a few Catholics who have

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  • 5 Non-Traditional Ways to Combat Stress

    5 Non-Traditional Ways to Combat Stress0

    Everyone has a moment in life when they have mammoth tasks to deal with and they have not the slightest clue how to go about it. Be it because you are just out of college and you have no idea where to start looking for a job, or because you just joined college and you

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