Culture

One More Way to Cheat the Ballot Box 0
- Culture
- May 1, 2020
Years ago, when my son played soccer in a middle school league, the organization required a birth certificate for registration. In my wallet is a driver’s license with a photo. (I look like a guy in a police lineup.) If I operate my vehicle without it, I am liable to receive a ticket and a
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Hollywood Rewrites History in Mrs. America 0
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- April 30, 2020
In an interview about her creation of FX’s new Hulu miniseries, Mrs. America, Dahvi Waller tells Esquire magazine that the idea for the series was born out of her childhood home. As the daughter of a political scientist, she “grew up learning about America’s politics and government” and developed a love for political dramas. Over
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Sustaining Love and the Secret to Forty-Year Marriages 2
- Culture
- April 30, 2020
Today is a milestone day for my family. It marks yet another rotation of the earth around the sun since my parents said “I do.” I won’t tell you what number they’re celebrating… but I will say they passed the 40-mile marker a few years back. In other words, they’re a rarity these days. Their
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What Children’s Toys Tell Us About Our ‘Brave New World’0
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- April 30, 2020
Why do children today have so many toys? Like most parents, I’m working hard to keep my kids entertained indoors during quarantine. A new report shows online sales of toys and games have increased by 182 percent due to the coronavirus. Here’s the problem: my children already have too much stuff. I can’t possibly buy them anything
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A Physician’s Response to Asymptomatic COVID 0
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- April 30, 2020
Blood tests that check for exposure to the coronavirus are starting to come online, and preliminary findings suggest that many people have been infected without knowing it. Even people who do eventually experience the common symptoms of COVID-19 don’t start coughing and spiking fevers the moment they’re infected. William Petri is a professor of medicine
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The Myth That Americans Were Poorly Educated Before Mass Schooling 0
- Culture
- April 29, 2020
Parents the world over are dealing with massive adjustments in their children’s education that they could not have anticipated just three months ago. To one degree or another, pandemic-induced school closures are creating the “mass homeschooling” that FEE’s senior education fellow Kerry McDonald predicted two months ago. Who knows, with millions of youngsters absent from
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