Culture

Three Things I Have Learned From Living in Brazil 0
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- January 30, 2020
I live in Brazil. What image does that conjure up in your mind? Perhaps you think of pristine white beaches and coconut trees. Maybe your first thought is of the amazing soccer talent in this country. Maybe you are imagining a country populated by ridiculously good looking, surgically enhanced people. There’s a kernel of truth
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Kobe Bryant’s ‘Letter to My Younger Self’ Holds a Lesson for Us All 0
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- January 29, 2020
After his storied NBA career but before his tragic death at the age of 41, Kobe Bryant wrote a letter to himself. His 17-year-old self, to be precise. By this time, Bryant had accumulated five NBA Championship rings and a net worth of $680 million. But it wasn’t just material things Bryant had acquired. The
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Violence by Women Against Men Is Rising in the UK 0
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- January 29, 2020
Domestic violence by women toward family members has risen twice as fast as those by men in the United Kingdom. According to statistics obtained by the Sunday Telegraph under freedom of information legislation, female perpetrators now account for 28 percent of cases of domestic violence – compared to 19 percent a decade ago. In a disturbing column in The Telegraph Celia
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Reddit Is a Window Into the American Nightmare 0
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- January 29, 2020
The Internet, among other things, is a compendium of human nature; an emergent portrait of everything that we are. Discussion forums in particular, most especially Reddit, are an endless encyclopedia encompassing all of humanity’s creativity, kindness, brutality, eccentricity, and boredom. Reddit can occasionally inspire, and the right corners of the site can teach you a
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How Mini Sabbaths Will Save Your Brain 0
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- January 29, 2020
Have humans become an indoor species? Given that Americans spend, on average, 93 percent of their time indoors, it would seem that we are indeed suffering from what some call “nature deficit disorder.” We don’t need a fancy term to realize we might benefit from spending more time outdoors. Getting out for a gentle walk
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The Loss of American Civic Pride 0
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- January 28, 2020
The wonderful feeling of striking the ball just so and seeing it fly from your bat. The wind in your face as you fly around the bases. The giddiness of scoring the winning run for your hometown team as your friends and neighbors cheer you on. Baseball: America’s pastime, and one of the many ways
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