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Advertisers don't encourage us to believe that our kids need to make memories more than another toy to wage war on capitalism; they do it because these experience gifts support incredibly successful industries. When we shift our dollars from toys to travel, for instance, we are still supporting big business.
Read...Most stories involving robots that have been developed to think and feel end with robot uprisings and the near annihilation of the human race.
Read...ICYMI, half of my home state of Washington, as well as our neighboring state of Idaho, has been or is currently on fire.
Read...Contrary to what Donald Trump wants you to believe, mental illness doesn't give people easy access to the deadly weapons they use to commit mass murders. Likewise, despite what Bernie Sanders claims, high rates of gun ownership is linked to higher rates of gun violence and implementing sweeping gun control policies would make our country safer.
Read...A Target spokesperson has confirmed that a Chicago neighborhood will soon be the lucky recipient of a brand spanking new Target –– complete with a BAR. That has ALCOHOL.
Read...I simply can't accept autism as just another variation of normal.
Read...My favorite part about summer is the ability, for three short months, to stop looking at the clock or calendar and to start enjoying the present.
Read...In case you didn't think that Ben Carson could get any worse, or perhaps maybe even still liked the guy, have I got news for you.
Read...ICYMI, "Sixteen and Pregnant" star's Nikkole Paulun's Facebook post about her monthly date nights with her six-year-old son is going viral –– and people are losing their shit over it for entirely the wrong reasons.
Read...Make no mistake: Josh Duggar is the one and only person responsible for molesting his sisters. But it's naive to pretend that the environment in which he was raised had no impact on his actions.
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