Culture

Medical Journal: Extend Adolescence to Age 24 0
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- January 19, 2018
“All children, except one, grow up.” Thus begins J.M. Barrie’s famous novel, Peter Pan. But while this statement was once exceedingly true, popular trends seem to be calling it into question, and if nothing else, it seems that children mature much later than was once the case. Evidence of this can be seen in the
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Does Work Make Mothers Happy?0
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- January 19, 2018
Last October, New York psychoanalyst and author Erica Komisar arrived for an interview on the ABC network’s Good Morning America talk show to discuss her new book, Being There: Why Prioritising Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters. Just before the camera went live the interviewer told her: “I don’t believe in the premise of
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Sex and Marriage: 6 Statistics That Might Surprise You 0
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- January 19, 2018
Maureen McGrath is a sex educator, author, registered nurse, and self-described “sexpert.” In 2016, McGrath, who has a clinical sex practice, gave a TED Talk on the topic of sex and marriage that has been watched by nearly 10 million people. The clip is a bit strange. McGrath’s delivery feels, at times, a bit
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How the Great Books Are Revolutionizing College Admissions Tests 0
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- January 18, 2018
You may remember taking the SAT or the ACT. Hours and hours of memorizing techniques and tricks, all to get that perfect score to unlock your college dreams. These tests have monopolized the college entrance process, and in recent years—in the case of the SAT in particular—have been tied to the controversial Common Core standards.
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Patrick Deneen: Why Liberalism Has Failed 0
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- January 17, 2018
Patrick Deneen’s thoughtful book poses a challenge to libertarians. Deneen, a political theorist who teaches at Notre Dame, has with great force identified a fundamental tendency of our times. Destruction of traditional attachments to family, local institutions, culture, and virtuous behavior isolates individuals and makes them dependent on an all-powerful government. In arguing in this
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Can #MeToo Feminism and the Hookup Culture Coexist?0
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- January 16, 2018
There is a scene in the 2017 hit romantic comedy The Big Sick that shows the perfect one-night stand. The protagonist, a 30-something Pakistani immigrant named Kumail (played by Kumail Nanjiani of HBO’s Silicon Valley), meets an attractive grad student (Zoe Kazan) at a Chicago comedy club where he moonlights as a comedian. They have
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