Monday, April 13, 2020

Self-Centered vs. Group-Centered vs. Society-Centered People

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People often talk about those who are selfish and only care about themselves vs. those who care more about others than themselves. When deal...
Thursday, May 18, 2017

Why isn't Oliver as popular in the U.S. as other English-speaking countries?

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On the 2016 list of top names from the SSA , Oliver came in as the 12th most popular boy's name. While that's high, and the name has...
Friday, August 21, 2015

Why I am opposed to birthright citizenship

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Donald Trump's recent comments on how he would end the practice of giving anyone born on U.S. soil (unless doing duties for a foreign go...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Generation X: The Most Francophobic Generation?

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In recent years, especially those surrounding the Iraq war around 2003 or so when they refused to help us in the crusade, Americans have bec...
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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Generations and Foreign Languages, Part 2: French - (Not) a Dying Language

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A few months ago someone wrote about how French is supposedly becoming a "mostly pointless" language, while someone else rebutted...
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Friday, May 23, 2014

Generations and Foreign Languages, Part 1: Spanish - The (Once) Top Language for Americans to Learn

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This is the first in a three-part series discussing the past, present, and predicted future popularity of various foreign languages among Am...
Thursday, May 2, 2013

What's In a Name: The Obamacare "Mandate" and "Penalty"

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No, this isn't on my usual subject of baby names. Rather, it's about the so-called mandate and penalty in the PPACA (aka Obamacare)...