When the poor know that their children will survive, when they educate their daughters, when they access family planning, they have fewer children.

If only meat weren't so delicious! Sure, meat may pave the way to a heart attack. Yes, factory farms torture animals. Indeed, producing a single hamburger patty requires more water than two weeks of showers. But for those of us who are weak-willed, there's nothing like a juicy burger.

Our public figures are often narcissists, utterly self-absorbed in their quest for power.

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