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Grandson Takes His Grandma to All 62 National Parks

Grandson Takes His Grandma to All 62 National Parks

Good News Network goodnewsnetwork.org If you asked any American what they’d like to do after they retire—and you offered them the chance to go on a road trip to see all 63 national parks—most might consider that a great way to sail into the sunset. Well,

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Living Together First Still Not a Good Preparation for Marriage

Living Together First Still Not a Good Preparation for Marriage

Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet Sarah and Sean just got married. They met each other through a dating website three years ago, and after six months in which they spent more and more time together, Sean often staying overnight, he moved in

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Where Are All the Babies?

Where Are All the Babies?

Louis T. March mercatornet.com Louis T. March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. South Korea just broke

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LGBTQ+ Indoctrination of Our Kids

James Parker mercatornet.com James Parker was a gay rights’ activist. He now facilitates True Identity, an informal network that supports those struggling with sexuality & gender identity issues. February 2023 is the month where the LGBTQ+ juggernaut ramped up its attempt to convert our children and to destroy any

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A Mobile Life: Part Four

Wanderer Part IV: Living the Dream The trailer was functional by May 2021 and I moved in. The layout pleased me but it was cold, so cold. Even with the insulation we had installed, the aluminium studs acted as heat sinks so the temperature outside become the temperature inside. I

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A Mobile Life: Part Three

Wanderer Part III: Building the House In Part II, we covered “Choosing the Vehicle“. With the vehicle in place, it was time to start building. Fine tuning the design and building the house took about five months from start to live-in. An engineer advised me to build everything in 40x40x3

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Family More Important than Money

W. Bradford Wilcox W. Bradford Wilcox, professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, is a senior fellow of the Institute for Family Studies and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Alysse ElHage Alysse ElHage is Editor of the IFS Blog, Family Studies, and a freelance writer. Prior

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A Mobile Life: Part Two

Wanderer Part II: Choosing a Vehicle In Part I, we looked at setting the context of a life on the road. My context was poor-road, cross-border travel with no home base. I also had a few things I wasn’t prepared to let go of as little luxuries are important

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A Mobile Life: Part One

A Mobile Life: Part One

Wanderer It all started with a cruise, a bit more than a decade ago. Looking for a different way to holiday with the family, we booked a small, inside cabin on a P&O liner, boarded, unpacked our stuff and spent 10-12 glorious days wandering around the ship as

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What We Could Learn from the Faroe Islands

What We Could Learn from the Faroe Islands

Louis T. March mercatornet.com Louis T. March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Ever heard of Tórshavn?

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The Rich History of Our Love Affair With Luxury

Peter McNeil Distinguished Professor of Design History University of Technology Sydney In today’s world, it could be said, to a certain degree, that even a relatively impoverished person engages with luxury, in some way. If you enjoy regulated heating or cooling at home, regular lighting, chicken meat, or eat

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Chinese Youth Reject the Rat Race

Chinese Youth Reject the Rat Race

Louis T. March mercatornet.comtext Louis T. March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. In April 2021, something

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A Most Interesting Family Squabble

A Most Interesting Family Squabble

Louis T. March mercatornet.com Louis T. March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Toiling away in the

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The Awake Ape: Why People Sleep Less than Their Primate Relatives

Elizabeth Preston knowablemagazine.org Elizabeth Preston is a freelance science journalist who lives in the Boston area with her husband and two small, vigilant primates. On dry nights, the San hunter-gatherers of Namibia often sleep under the stars. They have no electric lights or new Netflix releases keeping them awake.

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The Habit Which Dare Not Speak Its Name

The Habit Which Dare Not Speak Its Name

Phil Green Yesterday, Kerre Woodham treated the world to an opinion piece on NewstalkZB about the perils of smoking. Her main point was, “You wouldn’t want your children doing it.” Well, in the deep well of excess that we worry about our children getting up to these days, I

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What They Are Supporting Is Barbaric

Anonymous author mercatornet.com In exceptional circumstances, MercatorNet allows contributors to publish articles anonymously. Sometimes the author’s privacy or safety might be at risk. Dear teacher, principal, music director, barista, checkout clerk, and bookseller: I think I know how this happened: you probably had a DEI workshop or a

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