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  • Why Every Sane Society Encourages Marriage, Not Divorce

    Why Every Sane Society Encourages Marriage, Not Divorce0

    G. K. Chesterton’s defense of the family might have included a defense of divorce. Except that it didn’t. He might have made the case that marriage is such an important institution for society that government should make it somewhat easier for victims of such marital troubles as violence or abandonment or adultery or childlessness to

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  • Anthropological Architecture

    Anthropological Architecture0

    People love good streets. Americans who visit Europe often spend days simply wandering the winding streets of small towns (like this street in Bayeux, France), taking photographs, shopping in open-air markets, and experiencing a keen enjoyment of spaces—an enjoyment missing from the suburban streets of their own cities and neighborhoods (like this one near my

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  • The Four Pillars of Good Writing

    The Four Pillars of Good Writing0

    Which hard skill do recent college grads lack the most? In 2016, PayScale.com asked employers this question. The top response was “writing proficiency.” Wow. Our education system teaches few practical skills, but it does emphasize writing. So what gives? Incompetent teachers? Unteachable students? Actually, the problem for many college graduates is having absorbed their academic

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  • Ocasio-Cortez Mourns a Coffee House Driven out of Business by a Minimum Wage Law She Supported

    Ocasio-Cortez Mourns a Coffee House Driven out of Business by a Minimum Wage Law She Supported0

    For 28 years, Union Square’s iconic cafe the Coffee Shop—located at 29 Union Square West—served New Yorkers and tourists who wanted to get a glimpse of where Carrie Bradshaw and her friends would hang out on Sex and the City. (The coffee shop was frequently featured on the hit HBO show. And yes, ahem, I’ve

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  • Five Suggestions for Having a Successful College Career

    Five Suggestions for Having a Successful College Career0

    In his widely discussed book Excellent Sheep, William Deresiewicz ponders why the interests and imagined possibilities of so many students tend to narrow rather than expand during higher education. As freshmen, he notes, many enter with big plans to be poets, statesmen, teachers, filmmakers, or whatever, but are funneled into narrow tracks of career options

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  • Why the Sudden Frenzy Against Plastic Straws?

    Why the Sudden Frenzy Against Plastic Straws?0

    If you took a nice summer vacation, you might have missed the latest frenzy in American political culture: the huge movement to ban plastic straws. It’s real. Several cities in California have passed “straw-on-request” laws. Companies such as Starbucks have promised to eliminate them in two years, though one wonders how paper is going to

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