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Marriage is becoming increasingly uncommon in Scandinavian countries such as Norway, Sweden and Denmark, say observers. Unlike America, marriage is widely seen as an inconvenience across Scandinavia, providing very few benefits -- social or economic -- and imposing too large a commitment on families. Observers say advances in birth control, the rise of feminism, and the decline of religion have all contributed to the increase in cohabitation and out-of-wedlock births: In Norway, half of all children are now born to unmarried mothers. In Sweden, about 56 percent of all children are illegitimate. In Denmark, nearly 45 percent of all children...

The Left and The Right Look at these two men, the left and the right,Both wore the uniforms, and both joined the fight,One fought on water, the other on land,One stood alone, the other with his band. The soldier was frail, his stature was small,the Army only wanted burly men, after all,but join up he did, and he entered our liveswith the boldest of deeds, so tell the archives. For standing alone, through the smoke and the fire,to stop the foe was his only desireas he laid low his enemies in pain and in pallor, and a grateful nation’s highest...