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72Quiverfull: How to Give a Liberal Feminist the Whompin’ Heebie Jeebies
When I was a little kid in the early 1970’s, I loved (LOVED) the album Free to Be You and Me, in which Marlo Thomas and her leftie friends (like Alan Alda, Tommy Smothers, and football legend Rosey Grier) sang songs and told stories to teach...
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72Bread Machine Review: Zojirushi BBCCX20 Home Bakery Supreme
About a dozen years ago my husband and I bought a bread machine—top of the line at the time. Zojirushi, the Cadillac of bread machines. We would have nothing less. (What, us, yuppies?) We used it quite a bit, but eventually the novelty wore...
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64Social Network Smackdown: Xanga Blog vs Facebook
Six years ago I visited Xanga for the first time. It wasn't exactly love at first click. Some fellow writers raved about the site, but my first impression upon visiting the front page was "this is a place for brainless teenagers to spew their...
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73How to Raise an Outlier
Malcolm Gladwell’s best-selling Outliers: The Story of Success presents evidence for a simple yet shocking thesis. Individuals that are truly outstanding in some way did not become so by virtue of their own...
5 comments58JOHN MAYALL: THE GODFATHER OF THE BRITISH BLUES
Rock and roll is a youngster's game, the vampiric Mick Jagger notwithstanding, but you can play the blues until you die. British bluesman John Mayall, however, shows no signs of dying anytime soon. Road Dogs...
0 comments62ONSLAUGHT: THE ETHICS OF MANIPULATION
Dove, the company the brings you one-quarter cleansing cream and ads featuring women with normal bodies, brings you this video. Watch. Makes you want to cry, doesn't it? Consider this: Dove is not...
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