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It was late December of 2020. COVID cabin fever was hitting me hard.

As 2022 comes to a close, the internet was once again momentarily inundated with the annual phenomenon known as Spotify Wrapped.

Q: My grandmother maintains that her children – my mother and her two siblings, all born in the 1950s – were completely toilet trained at 18 months. Her terse explanation: “I just gave them proper instruction.” My pediatrician says 18 months is rushing things. What do you think?

It may seem a cruel thing to ask whether the government gives too much money away in the name of helping the poor, especially at this time of year, when reminders to help the less fortunate are omnipresent. It is nonetheless necessary to pose the question.