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What Bumper Stickers Tell Us About America
Have you ever seen a car with more than three bumper stickers on it and thought, “Oh, this guy has it all together!”Neither have I. There's a reason for…
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Dear Emir of Qatar,
Have I got a proposal for you! While you're handing out free planes and $100's of millions to universities and think tanks, you might as well invest in…
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From Chaos to Cambridge
Listen now | Rob Henderson’s dad walked out when Rob was an infant. Not long after, Rob’s drug-addicted mother placed him into the foster care system…
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Neutered Ambition
Corporate Life Lessons from My French Bulldogs. Whether in kennels or cubicles, youthful zeal can take us only so far, and disillusionment is close to…
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Obituary From the Not-Too-Distant Future
Gene Anderson of Greenville, SC passed away Thursday. He is survived by his wife, Susan, their three children, 41,550 unused frequent flyer miles, and…
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Free Speech or Free Lunch?
You Can’t Have Both and anyone who is surprised by this should know better. Maybe they should have taken Professor Ben Bolch's Economics class at Rhodes…
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23andMe Was Shazam for your DNA
23andMe filed for bankruptcy last week. Its financial undoing makes you wonder how much value there is in knowing one's genetic proclivities.
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The Five-Star Feedback Scam
How Relationship Marketing Belittles Us All
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Florida: Now I Get It
When we moved to Manhattan last summer, a local friend told me, “you need a great apartment here, and a place outside the city where you can escape.”
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Don't Die, Bro!
What's the point of living forever if you can't eat french fries?
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If You Hate Facebook, Do This
Deleting your profile is just the beginning
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We Gots to Chill: Election Lessons from a Chinese Farmer
A long time ago, in a far-off village, a struggling farmer’s horse ran away. Whether this was a good thing or a bad thing remains to be seen. Regardless…
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New Adventures in Podcasting
A much-needed re-brand is here
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Make Native Americans Great Again
How Indigenous Peoples' Day is Just Progressive MAGA. As Trump does with "Make America Great Again," Progressives manipulate our Rosy Retrospection bias…
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