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A Delicate Balance: What to Make of the Link Between Falling Bat Populations and Rising Infant Mortality 1
- Featured, MomThink, Science
- September 30, 2024
A fascinating study recently published in Science found that human lives may depend on the fate of bats. Not directly, of course. Rather, it’s the bat’s unique role in the ecosystems they inhabit that’s important for us. As a result, the decline of bat populations endangers human populations in an unexpected manner. The link between
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A Parenting Reality Check 0
- Family, MomThink
- September 30, 2024
Once again, readers, I. MUST. RANT. Why? I … just heard from a mom trying to get two other families to let their kids play with her kids in her yard for an hour a week. Unsupervised. AN HOUR A WEEK. She lives on a quiet street in quiet suburb in a quiet state. Classic
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I Debated Pro-Choice Students at My Liberal College. Here’s Why It Gave Me Hope.8
- Culture, Education, Featured
- September 27, 2024
My hands were shaking as I took up my microphone. After a week of near-sleepless nights thanks to the stress of college classes, extracurriculars, and researching the ubiquitous abortion question, I was tired. Worse than that, I was nervous to speak in front of a room filled with my peers about my (counter-cultural) views on
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Principles Are the Antidote to Politics 0
- Culture, Politics
- September 27, 2024
Only four percent “of US adults say the political system is working extremely or very well.” Sixty-five percent say we “always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics.” Yet, we keep doubling down, thinking that more attention on politics will somehow fix what ails society. In 2020, candidates spent over $14 billion seeking the presidency. This was
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Friday Comic: Carrying the Torch 0
- Entertainment
- September 27, 2024
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Film Review: ‘Am I Racist?’0
- Entertainment, Featured
- September 26, 2024
Matt Walsh has firmly established himself as a professional troll. I don’t use the term in a derogatory way. In many cases, his stunts bring needed attention to cultural and political issues, and he has a talent for reminding us just how absurd (and dangerous) certain contemporary trends really are. Writing faux LGBT children’s books,
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