Culture

Choosing to Spend Vacation… Behind Bars 0
- Culture
- February 14, 2019
South Korea has a unique kind of prison problem. Unlike their neighbors to the north, they don’t have camps full of starving political dissenters. And they don’t have the same epidemic levels of mass incarceration found in America. The problem in South Korea is that people go to prison voluntarily as a way of escaping
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No, Opposites Do Not Attract 0
- Culture
- February 14, 2019
Everyone seems to agree that opposites attract. Young and old people, happy and distressed couples, single folks and married partners – all apparently buy the classic adage about love. Relationship experts have written books based on this assumption. It’s even been internalized by people who are on the hunt for a partner, with 86 percent
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How to Know If You’re Truly ‘In Love’0
- Culture
- February 14, 2019
Today’s young people have a hard time saying, “I love you” to their significant others. At least that’s one of the conclusions Lisa Bonos draws in a recent Washington Post article. As she explains, the rise of technology, the increase of options, and the anxiety of being ‘perfectly sure’ causes young adults to be slow
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What Every Young Man Needs to Know 0
- Culture
- February 14, 2019
In this Art of Manliness Podcast, Brett McKay interviews Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, who gives his theory on why he is so popular with young men: …the problem with the narrative that grips our culture at the moment is that we fail to make a distinction between power and competence. Power is just that I
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‘Pay What You Can Afford’ Runs Panera Out of Bread 0
- Culture
- February 13, 2019
Panera has announced that it will close the last of its charitable stores, which allowed people to pay whatever they wished for a meal, because it was costing too much dough. The Boston store will shut its doors permanently this Friday, February 15. “Panera Cares” were indistinguishable from other Panera eateries in their branding, menu, or furnishings,
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A Rational Checklist is No Match for Emotions in Matters of the Heart 0
- Culture
- February 13, 2019
For many people, there are few things more rewarding than crossing an item off a checklist. But what if the checklist is about your dream partner? And what if the checklist is wrong? “Relationshopping” is when you hunt for the perfect partner as if people were products. Online dating, now used by almost 40 percent
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