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Opinion

How To Think About Affordability

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"Affordability" is the word grabbing the headlines in public discourse these days. However, if affordability is a problem, it's important to be clear about what exactly the problem is and what can be done. Gallup has new polling data noting that the "high cost of living continues to top ...

Bullying

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Most people, if not all, loathe and detest a bully. Bullying is nothing like friendly teasing or even fighting; it is a different problem altogether. It is a more malevolent effort to dominate, oppress, humiliate, and harm the victim emotionally, socially, and/or physically. The goal is to lift ...

Who’s to blame this time?

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It would be amusing if it wasn't so serious. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and several other Democrats were on weekend programs calling for a toning down of the political conversation following the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington. Jeffries went so ...

Theft as social justice

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Is robbing the Louvre a good idea? Left-wing influencer Hasan Piker and New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino did a much-discussed video interview with The New York Times on the ethics of theft, and came out four-square in favor of stealing things, including artwork from the Louvre. They consider ...

Slow progress, murky process and proposed tax hikes

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There’s a dreariness hanging over the State Capitol this session, and it has nothing to do with the spring weather. Affordability is crushing Minnesota families. At the same time, I’m hearing constant complaints about massive fraud in state programs, big proposed cuts to health and human ...

The burden of hoarding

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Many of us have things that we like and enjoy so much that we collect them. When we collect something, we acquire it, accumulate it, display it and store any extras. For some of us, collecting and accumulating things develops into an irrational and uncontrollable urge that is overwhelming. It ...