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He said he was a vegetarian who spends 50 to 60 hours a week working at a startup engineering firm.

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If you're Gen Z like me, you might be having a little crisis realizing how close 30 actually is — the oldest Gen Zers turn 30 next year. Suddenly, all those "adulting" questions start flooding in — ...

This book review is a web exclusive for the Spring 2026 issue of The Independent Review. In the acknowledgements at the end of The History of Money, David McWilliams writes, “Opinions and errors are ...

This book review is a web exclusive for the Spring 2026 issue of The Independent Review. A single open-access encyclopedia article, written by Ron Michener and commissioned by Robert Whaples for ...

The main parking lot is in Annandale Community Park at the Packard Center, 4022 Hummer Rd. Upon entering the park from Hummer Road, take the right fork of the driveway and park in the back of the lot ...