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Mark Morgan Ford

The Happiness Files by Arthur C. Brooks: A Social Scientist’s Take
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The Happiness Files by Arthur C. Brooks: A Social Scientist’s Take

Jul 16, 2025 2 min read

The Happiness Files By Arthur C. Brooks What I Liked About It: Arthur C. Brooks is a social scientist who supports his ideas with facts and data that…

Worth Considering — July 16, 2025
Worth Considering

Worth Considering — July 16, 2025

Jul 16, 2025 1 min read

Why the World’s Poorest People Often Seem Happiest
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Why the World’s Poorest People Often Seem Happiest

Jul 16, 2025 1 min read

Who Are These Women and Why Are They Smiling? Chad has always been and is today one of the poorest countries in Africa, which means it is one of the…

A Young Writer Asks for Career Advice
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A Young Writer Asks for Career Advice

Jul 16, 2025 3 min read

Comments, Questions & Recommendations Re the July 4 issue: “I cannot tell you how much I loved this.” “I waddled thru the opening paragraphs…

Middle School Band Nails “Sweet Child O’ Mine
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Middle School Band Nails “Sweet Child O’ Mine

Jul 16, 2025 1 min read

Middle School Band Covers Guns N’ Roses Drummer Jasper Hughes posted this footage of his middle school band doing a truly badass cover of the classic…

Will Trump Be Remembered as America’s Greatest President Since Lincoln?
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Will Trump Be Remembered as America’s Greatest President Since Lincoln?

Jul 4, 2025 1 min read

Will Donald Trump be remembered as “the greatest US President since Abraham Lincoln”? That’s the question I try to answer in today’s main essay

What It Means to Be American on the Fourth of July: Immigration, Identity, and Moral Responsibility
Social Issues

What It Means to Be American on the Fourth of July: Immigration, Identity, and Moral Responsibility

Jul 4, 2025 3 min read

I heard this or read this somewhere: You can move to France and live there for the rest of your life and you will never be French. The same would be…

Will Donald Trump Be Remembered as the Greatest U.S. President Since Abraham Lincoln? A Look at His Foreign Policy and Second-Term Impact
Politics

Will Donald Trump Be Remembered as the Greatest U.S. President Since Abraham Lincoln? A Look at His Foreign Policy and Second-Term Impact

Jul 4, 2025 21 min read

Did you see Trump’s press conference last Saturday? The purpose of it was for Trump to announce some accomplishments that he and his team had recently…

Trump Gets NATO to Pay Up
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Trump Gets NATO to Pay Up

Jul 4, 2025 1 min read

As I was putting the issue to bed, this came in from The Wall Street Journal: “Trump Wins the Battle of NATO” After decades of US presidents politely…

When Vandals Attack Picasso in the Name of Climate Change
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When Vandals Attack Picasso in the Name of Climate Change

Jul 4, 2025 1 min read

Hints: Yes, it’s a Picasso. Well, it was a Picasso. This happened to it last month in Montreal. Answer: It’s Pablo Picasso’s L’Hetaire, painted in…

Test Your Knowledge of American Independence
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Test Your Knowledge of American Independence

Jul 4, 2025 1 min read

How well to you know your American history? Click here to take CNN’s Independence Day Quiz

Reader Recommendations: Reich, ChatGPT, Pinker, and Neuralink
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Reader Recommendations: Reich, ChatGPT, Pinker, and Neuralink

Jul 4, 2025 1 min read

Recommendations from Readers Worth Checking Out From KM: Robert Reich on Mamdani – “The Corporate Democrat’s Biggest Nightmare” From SPM: “Good read in…