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When you have the opportunity to be in government, how are you going to handle it? More often than not, we see our appointees lording over the people rather than serving them. They are almost always inaccessible to the people they govern…
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Producer’s note: Someone on Quora asked: What psychological tricks do retailers use to get people to spend more money? Here is one of the best answers that’s been pulled from the thread. Retailers use all kind of tricks, to get people to…
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Pop vocalist, talented songwriter, and LGBT advocate, Lesley Gore recently passed away and I wanted to share my favorite songs from her early career. I was introduced to her music, and the entire girl group/60s pop genre, through Allison…
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Things They Don’t Tell You About New York Before You Get Here, for the most part, is as true as it is compelling. Neurosis is common and endearing. 20-somethings live sitcom-esque lives. Dating is a bitch. Concrete jungle where dreams are…
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Ah, the good ole days. The light-up shoes, the Lunchables, the ability to judge if someone was cool or not based on how they wore their backpack. It was a much simpler time. It was a time filled with predetermined play-dates and hours upon…
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Joseph Henry Mensah, perhaps the last of the post-independence Ghanaian technocrats who worked directly with Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in the 1960s, died in Accra on 12th July 2018. He was 89. A brilliant economist, a shrewd politician,…
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1. Your place of birth. Whether you are born in a country of law and order, or in the middle of a war-torn zone, your worldview would have been shaped by what you see as you grew up. Even within a country, it makes a difference if you…
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During the rally outside the Department of Foreign Affairs, speeches were delivered that echoed with passion, with each address congruent the campaign’s requests for the complete ceasefire in Gaza and the recall of the Irish Israeli…
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During my junior year of college, I was afforded the opportunity to spend a semester living in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was as fun and as life-changing as every single other human’s study abroad experience, but it also provided some valuable…
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I am tired of being dictated how I need to look, and what I have to eat. I love myself; that’s why I indulge on good food and great company. I am not skinny, and I don’t have long legs. But guess what? I don’t care. I know that I am…
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