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The Restless Project

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The Restless Project

Do our kids have enough down time to develop a healthy imagination?

June 3, 2013 Bob Sullivan 2

My brilliant friend Annie Murphy Paul, who writes The Brilliant Blog, recently began a story by saying that it was more important than anything she’d written in a while, and she hoped readers could spare a little extra attention (btw, you should read it). I feel that way about my [Keep reading]

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Money and Life

Moms earn more than dads now: Why that’s not all good

May 29, 2013 Bob Sullivan 1

Pew reported May 29 that married women now earn more than their husbands in one-quarter of all households.  This is an easy talker as a gender story, but the deeper truth about dual-income households is easy to miss.  Take a brief moment to celebrate that which should never have been [Keep reading]

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Technology run amok

Tell the truth: How many times did you check your smartphone this weekend?

May 28, 2013 Bob Sullivan 1

Americans were never any good at relaxing, anyway. But technology has taken away our nights and weekends, and it sure seems like holidays are at risk, too. I explored this phenomenon on the Friday before Memorial Day in my Red Tape Chronicles column.   Users check their phones every 6 [Keep reading]

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BOB SULLIVAN is a veteran journalist and the author of four books, including the 2008 New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism, and the 2010 New York Times Best Seller, Stop Getting Ripped Off! His latest, The Plateau Effect, was published in 2013, and as a paperback, called Getting Unstuck in 2014. He has won the Society of Professional Journalists prestigious Public Service award, a Peabody award, and The Consumer Federation of America Betty Furness award, and been given Consumer Action’s Consumer Excellence Award.

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