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Late Bloomers and the Benefits of Delayed Success0
- Culture
- May 22, 2019
At a dinner party several years ago, a woman and I chatted about education and parenthood. I had just met her and when I told her about our unschooling approach to education that prioritizes self-directed learning, she was visibly perplexed. “Don’t you worry about outcomes?” she asked. Yes, I replied. I want my children to
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Treat Others the Way Chick-fil-A Treats You2
- Culture
- May 22, 2019
I sit down on a plush, blue-grey booth seat and admire the freshly cut daisies on the table in front of me. It’s a rainy day in Fort Wayne, Indiana, so the warmth of the spicy crispy chicken sandwich I prepare to sink my teeth into enlivens me. Unthinkingly, I tune in to a conversation
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Monetary Stability and the Independence of the Federal Reserve Bank0
- Economics
- May 22, 2019
Monetary stability is essential for countries to thrive. A stable currency reduces uncertainty about the future price level, allowing businesses to make long-term investment decisions without worrying about the negative impact of unexpected spikes in inflation. This is in turn boosts economic growth via higher investment spending. Central banks are supposed to guarantee monetary stability.
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Collusion: It’s Not Unprecedented in American Politics0
- History
- May 22, 2019
The Trump-Russia collusion fiasco supposedly ended several weeks ago. For some reason, however, the whole collusion story continues to play like “The Song That Never Ends.” Now congressional Democrats and Attorney General Barr are picking up the refrain where Mueller left off. Add in President Trump’s occasional quips about the incident and collusion seems like something
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Winning the Culture War One Avocado Skirmish at a Time0
- Culture
- May 21, 2019
In 1996, W.W. Norton & Company published Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip-Mining of American Culture. In this collection of essays, 23 writers came together to address culture and its “ominous slippage, a shift towards the bizarre, the third-rate, the purely opportunistic.” Contributors included well-known authors Joseph Epstein, Cynthia Ozick, Phillip Lopate, Armstrong Williams, and Heather
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And the Most Sexually Satisfied Group of People Is…0
- Culture
- May 21, 2019
Women are the happiest when they are in equality-loving, feminist-minded relationships, right? That’s the line we’re often told. But a recent report seems to suggest something different. Contemplating the role religion plays in the satisfaction levels of a marriage, the 2019 “World Family Map” surveys almost 10,000 men and women from around the world. These
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