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What Bernie Sanders Missed on His Soviet Honeymoon 0
- Economics
- May 10, 2019
Bernie Sanders and I have little in common, given his passionate commitment to “democratic” socialism and my firm belief in individual freedom. But we do share one thing: We both visited Moscow in 1988, albeit for differing reasons. Sanders was on what he called “a very strange honeymoon” with his bride Jane. I was traveling
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What the NYT Fails to Mention About Dads and the Division of Labor at Home 0
- Culture
- May 10, 2019
The New York Times recently ran an article that suggests fathers are shirking their share of chores in the home. The Opinion The article, which bears the headline “What ‘Good’ Dads Get Away With,” states that while men have improved in recent decades, they still fall woefully short in the proportion of housework they bear,
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Dumbfounded by American Socialism 0
- Culture
- May 9, 2019
In some regards — no, in many regards — I am a knucklehead. Talk to me of stocks and bonds, of escrow and amortization, and a curtain descends. Speak to me at a party of the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, the music of Philip Glass, and most of today’s Hollywood celebrities, and I will listen
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Be a Happier Parent… Or Laugh Trying 0
- Family
- May 9, 2019
There is no doubt that parents today face tremendous challenges. Sometimes these challenges are overwhelming and stressful. Parents of young children and teens will appreciate Betsy Kerekes’ wisdom and comic relief in her book, Be a Happier Parent or Laugh Trying. In this interview, she shares with Mary Cooney some advice on how to be
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What Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Should Know About Her Garbage Disposal 0
- History
- May 9, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is from New York, where garbage disposals are not very common in apartments because they were only legalized in the 1990s, as incredible as that seems. But now she lives in D.C., and she has discovered that there is one in her apartment. It permits the user to push down food scraps rather
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Public Schools Aren’t Taking Security Seriously 0
- Culture
- May 9, 2019
Public high schools still aren’t taking school security seriously. Last month, hundreds of thousands of students in the Denver area stayed home from school when a woman in Florida suggested online that she was “obsessed” with the Columbine shootings. The woman, named Sol Pais, disappeared from her home near Miami in mid-April. Soon after, her
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