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  • A Delicate Balance: What to Make of the Link Between Falling Bat Populations and Rising Infant Mortality

    A Delicate Balance: What to Make of the Link Between Falling Bat Populations and Rising Infant Mortality1

    A fascinating study recently published in Science found that human lives may depend on the fate of bats. Not directly, of course. Rather, it’s the bat’s unique role in the ecosystems they inhabit that’s important for us. As a result, the decline of bat populations endangers human populations in an unexpected manner. The link between

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  • A Parenting Reality Check

    A Parenting Reality Check0

    Once again, readers, I. MUST. RANT. Why? I … just heard from a mom trying to get two other families to let their kids play with her kids in her yard for an hour a week. Unsupervised. AN HOUR A WEEK. She lives on a quiet street in quiet suburb in a quiet state. Classic

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  • Is There a Worldwide ‘Childcare Crisis’?

    Is There a Worldwide ‘Childcare Crisis’?2

    Reports of a “childcare crisis” are bubbling up across America and across the globe. In Texas, Minnesota, Utah, Virginia, Nevada, Florida, Oregon, Arizona, North Dakota, California, Maine, and just about every other state you can think of, “childcare crisis” headlines are trending. The same is true in the UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, and elsewhere. So, are there simultaneous childcare

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  • On Conquering White Whales: Stemming the Tide of Cultural Ignorance

    On Conquering White Whales: Stemming the Tide of Cultural Ignorance6

    Once upon a time, Moby Dick was required reading for American high schoolers. It is, after all, arguably, one of the greatest American novels ever penned. Sadly, most students today will never read Moby Dick, and sadder still, neither have, nor will, their teachers. There is something uniquely sublime about the great beast of the

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  • Life, Death, and Joy in Autumn

    Life, Death, and Joy in Autumn6

    “It sounds fantastic to say that one can be enamored of a season, but that is something like what happened.” —C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy Whenever I listen to people describing Autumn, there are differing opinions but similar observations. Some dread the season because it means the ending of the vibrant summer, others because it

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  • Make America Healthy Again?

    Make America Healthy Again?2

    Nearly 50 percent of American children and almost three-quarters of adult Americans are obese or overweight. Forty percent of 18-year-olds have a diagnosed mental health issue. Autism incidence has risen from 1 in 150 to 1 in 36 since 2000—in California it is 1 in 22. Americans aren’t just sick. They’re being destroyed. That’s the

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