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Greater Idaho Movement Shows Americans’ Shift Toward Decentralization 0
- Culture
- March 11, 2020
Recently disgruntled residents of rural counties in southwest Oregon have been organizing a petition to move Idaho’s border westward to form a “Greater Idaho” that could also potentially include parts of Northern California. This petition mirrors a recent proposal in Virginia in which rural countries in the state would separate and join West Virginia in protest of Virginia’s latest push for gun
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Can Donald Trump Make Me Stay Home If I Get Coronavirus?0
- Politics
- March 11, 2020
President Donald Trump recently appointed Vice President Mike Pence to lead the government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak and control public statements by government health officials about the crisis. In the days since, health departments throughout the country have investigated potential cases, announced new cases and declared public health emergencies, all without the approval of
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The Candidate You Like Is the One You Think Is Most Electable 0
- Politics
- March 10, 2020
Electability has been the single most important force motivating voters in the 2020 Democratic primaries. But what is it? What makes one candidate seem like they could get votes from a majority of Americans while another one couldn’t? Objectively, political scientists like myself have done a lot of research on what types of candidates win
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Target’s Wage Floor Shows the Folly in Wage Fixation 0
- Economics
- March 10, 2020
Bonnie Furlong started working at Target in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, more than seven years ago. Today, however, she’s making the same as new hires and less than she was before the Minneapolis-based retailer raised its wage floor to $13 an hour in June of last year. “The last time they raised it, they cut our hours,
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Healthy and Unhealthy Responses to ‘Mom Guilt’0
- Culture
- March 10, 2020
If you’re a mother, odds are you struggle with “mom guilt.” Even Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, has admitted to feeling it at times. During a recent interview with the Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast, she described mom guilt as a “constant challenge.” When I get together with fellow mothers, we often discuss this issue. One regular response
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Coronavirus Mass Hysteria 0
- Culture
- March 10, 2020
The mainstream media and many politicians are attempting to create in you and in the general population an irrational fear over the latest strain of the coronavirus, COVID-19, also known as the Wuhan Virus. You cannot turn on the radio or television news without hearing dire forecasts about this virus from China that is going
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