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VAT Chronicles: Marshmallows Are The New Jaffa Cakes

Robert Goulder, Contributor, Robert Goulder, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/people/robertgoulder/

Pile of fluffy white marshmallows inside pink packet getty Your author is displeased with the state of global affairs, but Im not here to discuss the concerns you might imagine. There are troubles ...[Continue Reading]

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Mike Piazza Is Alive and Well and Living in Italy

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Blessed with opposite-field power, hunky looks, and an admirable joy in hamming it up off the field, Mike Piazza was a household name in baseball from 1992 to 2007 a career span that coincided with o ...[Continue Reading]

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What connects Fredric Chopin, Marcel Proust and Jim Morrison? A final resting place

Heller McAlpin

The Secret Life of a Cemetery is a paean to the renowned Parisian cemetery, Pre Lachaise. This slim volume by Benot Gallot, its enthusiastic head conservator since 2018, is as crammed with quirky f ...[Continue Reading]

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My Husband Doesnt Want to Allow Our Daughter to Lock Her Door. But I Think She Might Have a Good Reason.

Allison Price

Care and Feeding is Slates parenting advice column.Have a question for Care and Feeding?Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My husband and I have a 10-year-old daughter Zoe, and a 3-year-old ...[Continue Reading]

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Scientific Americans 1925 Coverage of Eclipses, Mediums and Inventions

Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific Americans Science Quickly, Im Rachel Feltman. I was out of the office taking a little break last week, so I didnt have the chance to write a ...[Continue Reading]

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In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism

Michael Tomasky

First and more obviously, we have the prospect of the impact of Trumps tariffs policy on real people. Will they cause inflation and a recession, as most experts now believe? As fate would have it, ...[Continue Reading]

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