Taxpayers are increasingly calling for transparency in government spending. As a result, you can now find the salaries of each government employee, and in some states, the pension amounts they receive. One mayor in Maine is proposing to take the public’s desire for transparency a step further: revealing welfare recipients by name. In
READ MORELast night’s Facebook post touched upon the pitfalls of following your passion when it comes to a college major. As many know from experience, studying what you want does not always result in your desired salary, and it may very well result in no job at all. Many of our audience members joke about what
READ MOREPope Francis has received a lot of heat from conservatives for his position on the environment. The latest salvo is from George Will, who brutally called Francis a “false prophet” in the title of his syndicated column last Sunday. Essentially, Will accuses Francis of being heavy on idealism when it comes to his environmental ethic
READ MOREWhat is it about music that it can so perfectly capture our sentiments? For anyone who has watched Ken Burns’ series on the Civil War, you probably would recognize ‘Ashokan Farewell’ as the melody played through much of it. Here it is put to images from the war: What the combatants themselves would have chosen
READ MOREEver wonder what it must have been like to be a kid in the 1930s, ‘40s, or ‘50s? The kids from those eras were always coming up with some new creative show or form of play. Life was simple, but they used their imaginations and unstructured freedom to have a whole lot of fun. They
READ MORELet’s admit it: Tiger Moms are both intimidating and impressive. Impressive because they take their children to great heights; intimidating because many feel they can never live up to the same drive, energy, and standards that Tiger Moms expect. Interestingly, Plutarch had a thing or two to say about Tiger Parenting. Based on his advice,
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