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The Downhill Slope of Reading and Books
- Culture, Education, Featured, Literature
- December 18, 2025

Cassie Jaye, now 33, was a struggling actress in Hollywood in her late teens and early twenties. Her story (click for YouTube link) sheds light on the Weinstein debacle. She describes how young beautiful actresses have contracts with publicists and now the publicists find them entry-level work with the rich and powerful of Los Angeles. A beautiful
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Bernie Sanders has done it again. In an age when old, rich, white men are heavily maligned by the Left, it’s rather remarkable that Sanders has risen to such prominence in not one, but two presidential contests. Given the attacks of other candidates, his lead in delegate counts, and his favorability ratings, it looks like
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Is the nuclear family finished? Given the decline of marriage over the past five decades and the rise of cohabiting and single parenthood, as well as childlessness, it might seem so. The demise of the traditional family might even be welcomed by a few progressives. But we should not easily kiss goodbye to an institution
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As fears of coronavirus mount around the globe, cities and countries are taking action to prevent the new respiratory virus strain from spreading. While the virus has not yet hit hard in the United States, government officials and health agencies have enacted response plans, corporations are halting travel abroad, and education leaders are grappling with
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‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all – ~Emily Dickinson I was reading a book on the front porch of my daughter’s house when a car pulled into the driveway. Two women got out, waved,
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Toyota is the best-selling car brand in the world, and the Toyota Corolla is the best-selling model in the world. This is the improbable story of how a 19th century book by a Scottish author fueled Toyota’s global dominance in the car industry. The Toyota story belies the deceptive message of Bernie Sanders and other politicians like him who proclaim
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