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  • Why Not Wife-Swapping?

    Why Not Wife-Swapping?0

    In December, the Supreme Court decided not to hear a case that proposed to extend the Court’s sexual freedom cases to wife-swapping. In Coker v. Whittington, two sheriff’s deputies in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, and their wives agreed to swap spouses, and each deputy began living with the opposite deputy’s wife. Invoking his office’s code of

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  • Humility is the Key to Altruism, Georgetown Psychologist Says

    Humility is the Key to Altruism, Georgetown Psychologist Says0

    When she was 19 years old, Abigail Marsh swerved her car to avoid a dog and ended up in a car wreck that almost claimed her life. She was saved by a stranger, a man she recalls looked vaguely like the actor Idris Elba. The man ran across four lanes of freeway traffic to save her.

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  • Aristotle Can Help You Know Whether to Fire Off that Text or Email

    Aristotle Can Help You Know Whether to Fire Off that Text or Email0

    Suppose you want to get in touch with a friend. Once, your options for doing so might have been sparse: pick up the phone or write a letter. But these days, you have to decide: Should you call or text, use Snapchat, or reach out on Twitter, Messenger or Skype? Other considerations, whether it’s an

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  • Bubble-Wrapping Children: School Bans Students from Touching Snow

    Bubble-Wrapping Children: School Bans Students from Touching Snow0

    Several years ago, the now world-famous clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson made a list of 32 rules for living and posted them on Quora. Those rules became so popular that Peterson fleshed out a handful of them in the book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. Peterson’s original list was headed by a simple

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  • Millennial Males with Degrees are Getting Crushed in the Workplace (See Chart)

    Millennial Males with Degrees are Getting Crushed in the Workplace (See Chart)0

    When it comes to men and women in the working world, it’s often assumed that the latter get the short end of the stick. As such, a great deal of time and attention is devoted to helping women break any and all glass ceilings that stand in their way. But what if women have already

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  • Is Sweden Socialist? No, but …

    Is Sweden Socialist? No, but …0

    The myth that Sweden is a utopian paradise where all the social problems have been solved and that you can have high growth with high taxes has been touted by Bernie Sanders as well as the many Millennials that follow him.   The glory days for Sweden economically took place prior to the 1960s, when

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