“We only got married after being together and long-distance relationship for 10 years.”

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This is a comment by Leia on the post “What Marriage Isn’t”.

Telling

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What do you do when you know your friend has cheated on his girlfriend?

What We Talk About When We Talk About Grading Papers

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“As soon as the student realized that grading was a pointless and subjective activity, he would begin to despise the subject Micah taught and hopefully reconsider going to grad school and competing for the one tenure-track humanities position that was rumored to be opening up this decade.”

Becoming Who You Want to Be (When You Grow Up)

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Who do you want to be when you grow up?

What Freedom and China Have to Do With ObamaCare

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“I saw that in the literal sense, China was freer than America.” Discipline, cigarette smoking, the quarter-life crisis, and the Affordable Care Act all figure into Brandon Ferdig’s essay on freedoms and their limits.

The Girl Next to Me

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A reminiscent pain struck Chris Wiewiora when and where he least expected it.

The 10 at 10

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Gold is at record prices, grad school loans will have higher interest, and Japanese scientists have invented a thinking, learning robot.