Culture

Nine Ways to Actually Help a Friend Through Tragedy 0
- Culture
- March 1, 2019
Life is suffering. Tragedy awaits us all. I know from personal experience. Four years ago, my 37-year-old husband was killed in a car accident on a snowy road. Our children, aged 12 to two, were with him but were unharmed. In the midst of my personal tragedies I found listening to Dr. Jordan
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Are Marie Kondo and Jordan Peterson Using the Same Method to Build Their Audiences?0
- Culture
- February 28, 2019
About a month ago, my social media feeds were suddenly filled with pictures of aesthetically pleasing and space-conserving methods of folding laundry. Sale posts also skyrocketed as people cleaned out items that did not spark joy, and many of my millennial friends had a renewed interest in “tidying up.” The reason for these trends?
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John Wayne: The New Confederate Statue 1
- Culture
- February 28, 2019
Writes a reader from Southern California: “Apparently John Wayne is the new Confederate statue.” She sent a link to this op-ed column in the Los Angeles Times. Excerpts: Most people familiar with the life story of John Wayne are aware that the late movie star was a dyed-in-the-wool right-winger — after all, he was still
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Will the Future Judge Us in the Same Way We Judge the Past?0
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- February 28, 2019
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. – L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between In the summer of 1973, I spent a week in Bavaria, where I met an older woman whom I’ll call Heidi. Fifty years before, Heidi’s father managed a hotel on the Chiemsee, frequently hosting Adolph Hitler, who at that
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How to Win Arguments When You Haven’t a Leg to Stand On 0
- Culture
- February 27, 2019
A number of studies have shown links between depression and internet use. This being the case, who better than the 19th Century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) to be named as the official philosopher of the internet? For thorough-going gloom, it is hard to beat Schopenhauer. “Life is an unpleasant business,” he said as a young
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4 Ways to Navigate Toddler Meltdowns While Shopping 0
- Culture
- February 27, 2019
What’s worse than being stuck in a long line at the supermarket? Being stuck in a long line at the supermarket while your child is having a meltdown. Every parent has been there, and it’s every parent’s worst nightmare. My kids are four and two – in other words, prime ages for throwing fits in
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