Culture

What the Magic Kingdom and American Culture Have in Common 0
- Culture
- February 18, 2019
Americans need not visit Orlando to go to Fantasyland. Instead, we can just pop onto the Internet and visit websites offering news and commentary. Day after day these sites trot out delusions concocted and entertained by some of our fellow citizens. If we could construct airships from these flights of fancy, we could touch down
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Report on Covington Students Finds ‘No Evidence’ of ‘Offensive or Racist Statements’0
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- February 18, 2019
A report that examined the January encounter between students from Covington Catholic High School and a Native American activist near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington found “no evidence” of “offensive or racist statements.” “We see no evidence that students responded with any offensive or racist statements of their own,” the report dated Feb. 11 from the
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Adolescents Have a Fundamental Need to Contribute 0
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- February 18, 2019
No longer children but not yet adults, adolescents need opportunities to learn and prepare for their entrance into the broader society. But, as schooling increasingly extends the adolescent period and teenagers get dismissed as supposedly selfish and irresponsible, has society forgotten an important developmental need of our youth? As a developmental scientist who focuses on
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Bad Quotes of Some Bad Presidents 0
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- February 15, 2019
Presidents’ Day is just around the corner. Should we celebrate? People who love liberty and live in a free society don’t bow down and worship politicians. We understand that politicians wield power, to be sure, but we also know they still put their pants on one leg at a time. As President Reagan once put
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The Missing Link in Rising Depression Rates?0
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- February 15, 2019
We’re currently in the throes of winter. Or perhaps that’s second winter, or even third. With the multiple rounds of snow and cold, it’s easy to lose track of where we are. For those of us in northern climes, it’s easy to get the winter blues. A lack of sunshine and yet another snow day
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Pushing Up Daisies: Human Beings as Compost 0
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- February 15, 2019
On February 6, 2019, the Washington State Senate passed Senate Bill 5001, which would allow for the composting of human bodies. From The Spokesman-Review out of Spokane, we have this account: The bill “may change the world,” said bill sponsor Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, adding that Washington could be a leader in environmentally friendly alternatives
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