Culture

San Francisco School Board Votes to Paint Over George Washington Mural 0
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- July 10, 2019
The San Francisco Board of Education unanimously voted last month in favor of painting over a George Washington mural series on a school wall depicting Washington standing over a Native American’s corpse and another in the company of slaves on his Mount Vernon estate. “This is reparations,” Education Board Commissioner Mark Sanchez said in a
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Low Marriage and Birth Rates Explained 0
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- July 10, 2019
Kitty Hannah Eden had “in her own words” a traumatic, abusive, miserable childhood. So traumatic, in fact, that she refuses to become a parent. Contraception and an abortion have helped her honor this commitment through two marriages In her article “On Being Childless by Default, not by Design,” she writes that the cause of this
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The Sober Curious Are Challenging the Drinking Culture. Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing.0
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- July 10, 2019
Accompanying the growing interest in wellness lifestyles is a growing interest in giving up alcohol. The “sober curious” are looking for a way to socialize without alcohol. Millennials are drinking less, and entrepreneurs are eager to give consumers what they want. This sober curious trend is not limited to single millennials residing on the coasts.
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Don’t Overlook Gen Z’s Creative Edge 0
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- July 10, 2019
“Children are getting ruder and ruder.” “Today’s youth are totally out of control.” “If we acted this way when I was a kid, we would have gotten disciplined.” “These kids are just lazy and entitled!” Have you heard these phrases in conversations about the unruly nature of teenagers today? Maybe you have harbored these exact
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Cronyism vs. Free Markets in ‘Stranger Things’0
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- July 9, 2019
The newest season of Netflix’s sci-fi horror series Stranger Things released on July 4, and I’m happy to report that season 3 has a new hero, and her name is Erica. (This post focuses entirely on episode 4 of the new season, so anyone who hasn’t watched up to that point yet should beware of spoilers.) Erica
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Why I am Not a Socialist 0
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- July 9, 2019
I share a lot of the concerns and goals of those who describe themselves as “socialists.” More health care and housing for poor people? Great. More educational opportunities for the least well-off? Absolutely. A cleaner environment? Sure thing. Gender and racial equality? Immediately, please. Why, then, am I not a socialist? As political and economic ideas
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