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Most mothers work. But 50 hours in the cubicle with the child in daycare is not the norm

At the end of a rocky summer for the economy, President Donald Trump’s administration scored a win with the August jobs report. It found that...

Don’t believe everything you see in the movies

Civilians who have never served often overestimate the intensity and impact of military training. Possibly the phrase itself evokes a montage of movie memories:...

Burke to Kirk to Kirk

All traditions must be created. Conservatism, as we know it, is a tradition created after 1945. It rested on two pillars. Each was a...

The Hardy Boys shows us how childhood has changed

It has been said that the reason women join book clubs is to be able to drink a few gallons of Chardonnay with some...

The UK’s disastrous decision to boycott Israel

The United Kingdom’s new policy of boycotting Israeli goods is not only discriminatory; it is disastrous. It will increase antisemitism, strain relations with an...

A novel by late French filmmaker Eric Rohmer debuts in English

About 15 years before he made any feature films, the future leading French director Eric Rohmer (1920-2010) tried to become a novelist. His timing...

An informative, if plodding, look at bees

I should have loved this book. I’m an English major with no formal scientific training, but that hasn’t stopped me from devouring hordes of...

The Lindsay Clancy case horror: When empathy becomes child sacrifice

The ancient pagan world was full of human sacrifice. The most horrifying instance was child sacrifice. We got an inkling of this in this...

We have enough power to light up America. Washington won’t let us plug it in

The electricity grid that powered America through the 20th century will not work for this one. America is entering a new frontier of electricity...

The ‘too big to fail’ scam is about to get a $5 million upgrade

It’s been three years since regulators came to the rescue of Silicon Valley Bank’s beleaguered depositors. Fearing losses from the bank’s troubles would set off...
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