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  • Why Are Americans Such Lousy Writers?

    Why Are Americans Such Lousy Writers?0

    Ours is the age of communication. We can send an email to France in a couple of seconds, tweet out opinions as fast and furiously as President Trump, and place an order online for everything from groceries to books. Yet many Americans are terrible writers. In an article in the Washington Post, “Why Americans Can’t

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  • Teacher Punishes Student… for Good Manners

    Teacher Punishes Student… for Good Manners4

    Everyone expects the first week of school to contain some hiccups. Even though we all know that our children are perfect angels and would never give their teachers trouble, the transition to schedules and classmates can also contain behavior problems that mom and dad will eventually hear about. What most parents don’t expect to hear,

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  • 7 Things I’d Do if I Wanted to Keep Poor People Poor

    7 Things I’d Do if I Wanted to Keep Poor People Poor0

    If I wanted to keep poor people poor, there are several government policies I would favor. Let’s count them down. 1: An Expanding Welfare State For starters, I would advocate for a robust and ever-expanding welfare state—programs like Medicaid, food stamps, unemployment insurance, etc. I would recognize that an effective recipe for keeping poor people

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  • Christopher Robin and the Value of Doing Nothing

    Christopher Robin and the Value of Doing Nothing0

    “I remember one morning, all blue and silver, in the summer holidays when I reluctantly tore myself away from the task of doing nothing in particular.” —G.K. Chesterton, “A Piece of Chalk” Watching the new Disney movie Christopher Robin, I was amazed by its timeliness—and not just in the sense that it’s idyllic summer entertainment.

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  • Menopause Cafe: The Latest Trend in Workplace Equality

    Menopause Cafe: The Latest Trend in Workplace Equality0

    According to Dr Andrea Davies, of the University of Leicester’s School of Business, “male academics should say the word ‘menopause’ at least three times a day in solidarity with their female colleagues” to enable them to discuss it “without embarrassment”. To this end she has “organised the monthly Leicester Menopause Cafe, where male and female

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  • Keith Ellison Abuse Allegations: #BelieveAllWomen . . . When it’s Convenient.

    Keith Ellison Abuse Allegations: #BelieveAllWomen . . . When it’s Convenient.0

    Minnesota recently watched a brief, but intense, shake-up in its primary race for attorney general, in which Democrat Congressman Keith Ellison quickly emerged as a front-runner. With a wildly successful political career and the distinction as the first Muslim elected to US Congress, Ellison’s front-runner status is no surprise. The surprise came, however, when Ellison’s

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