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Don’t laugh. It’s true, and it’s serious business. Today is the world’s first International Happiness Day, declared by the UN to signal...
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When Mitt Romney — echoing the writings of novelist Ayn Rand — tells us that half of Americans choose dependency, he reinforces one of...
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