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  • I Left England Because of Socialized Medicine. My Life Depended on It.

    I Left England Because of Socialized Medicine. My Life Depended on It.0

    Imagine strapping your infant child into a car seat, only to see his body suddenly jerk forward or backward, arms and legs stiffening, and eyes rolling back in the head.  Alarm quickly turns to panic, which turns to frantic weaving through traffic to get to the hospital. Within minutes of arriving, the child is rushed

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  • “OK Boomer” Is the First Salvo of a Larger Generational Showdown

    “OK Boomer” Is the First Salvo of a Larger Generational Showdown0

    According to Smithsonian Magazine, an Assyrian clay tablet from 2800 B.C. bears a gloomy inscription describing how the Assyrian youth were ruining civilization. “Our Earth is degenerate in these later days; there are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents,” the

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  • Bring Back the Family Dinner

    Bring Back the Family Dinner0

    Growing up, my parents put a premium on ensuring we had family dinners together almost every night. These dinners were times to check in on how we kids were doing in school, talk about problems, discuss sports, books, friends, and, starting in high school, politics as well. Although high school sports did cut down on

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  • Education Is Not About Your ‘Lived Reality’

    Education Is Not About Your ‘Lived Reality’0

    Three years ago, I was smeared before all the students, professors, and staff members of Providence College, where I had taught since 1990. That was some 5,000 people. The authors of the smear were the president of the college, whose final term expires next spring, and the vice president, who will be taking over for

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  • Avoiding Stupidity in the Age of Pregnant and Period-Producing Men

    Avoiding Stupidity in the Age of Pregnant and Period-Producing Men0

    There are a lot of unbelievable things happening in our world today. So many, that it’s easy to ignore them as they whip by us like the Wicked Witch of the West’s hoard of flying monkeys. But some things are just too remarkable to ignore. The ACLU’s tweet for International Men’s Day is one of

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  • The Rise and Rise of Modest Fashion

    The Rise and Rise of Modest Fashion0

    One of my daily routines, which used to be common to many a suburbanite, is picking up a hard copy of the newspaper delivered to my door and to give it a quick scan before setting off to work. My newspaper is reputable enough, but it usually takes me only about ten minutes to see if

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