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Why Is the Toy Market Targeting Adults?3
- Culture, Economics, Entertainment
- October 25, 2022
It is easy to dismiss adult toy-buying as a craze of little significance. But the appearance of the “kidult” is troubling from several perspectives, for it speaks of the state of a decadent culture that embraces childish and immature things. The kidult idea also participates in the postmodern desire to be what one is not.
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A Fond Farewell From Annie 56
- From the Editorial Board
- October 24, 2022
In the middle of my senior year in college, a dear friend and mentor approached me one evening and mentioned a startup organization called Intellectual Takeout that was looking for college students to do research and writing internships. “You should apply!” he said. I smiled externally but rolled my eyes internally. “You don’t know me
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Fact-Checking 4 Biden Claims on His Student Loan Bailout 0
- Economics, Education, Politics
- October 24, 2022
President Joe Biden used his home state of Delaware on Friday to promote his “forgiveness” of student loan debt, which he did through executive action in August rather than through Congress. Some of Biden’s assertions during 24 minutes of remarks at Delaware State University in Dover were factual, and some less so. Biden spoke at
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A Gift to the World: Seeking Not Our Own 4
- Culture, Politics
- October 21, 2022
A teacher who was also a poet once explained to me the meaning of a “found poem.” It’s a poem that takes its words and lines from sources outside the poet: newspaper headlines, advertisements, the outdoor message boards found in front of churches, an overheard conversation, even graffiti. Just this morning, I came across a
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Is the Red Wave Back?0
- Politics
- October 21, 2022
In the dog days of summer, as President Joe Biden’s average approval rating plummeted to historic lows amid an intense flurry of national setbacks, policy blunders and rhetorical “gaffes” (otherwise known as palpable senility), most in the punditry class began to predict an imminent “red wave” of Republican electoral dominance in November’s midterm elections. The
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Meeting Triumph and Disaster With the Ideal Man 9
- Culture, Religion
- October 20, 2022
Admittedly, I’ve never been a huge poetry fan. But in recent years, I’ve come to appreciate it, especially when the poems speak to the very things I’m dealing with. In these cases, poetry gives me strength and courage to walk the difficult road. One of the poems that has hit me in the gut this
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