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Don’t worry: Jobs aren’t going anywhere
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Don’t worry: Jobs aren’t going anywhere

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: “With all this new technology, we’re going to start running out of jobs…” It’s a familiar talking point, but one that doesn’t hold up. We simply cannot “run out” of jobs; there will always be something more to do. “But people are being replaced in the workforce...

China and Singapore’s justice systems aren’t models for America: Let’s talk about drug addiction and treatment, regardless of Trump’s comments
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China and Singapore’s justice systems aren’t models for America: Let’s talk about drug addiction and treatment, regardless of Trump’s comments

While stumping for Republican House candidate Rick Saccone at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, President Donald Trump digressed to praise Singapore and China for their harsh stance on drug trafficking, often ending in a death sentence. Singapore, of course, also became infamous in 1992 for banning chewing gum — punished by fines and sometimes caning....

Despite despair, things are still okay
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Despite despair, things are still okay

  At 4:30 AM on August 25th, I stood crying in the kitchen of my parents’ new house in Arlington.  I was washing dishes and waiting for the taxi to take me to the airport.  Hours away, in Michigan, my Grandma was dying, facing the final struggle in an unbelievably rapid battle with cancer. Mom...