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America’s Ghost Legions of Idle Men 0
- Culture
- October 18, 2016
The US stock market continues to set new records. Unemployment continues to go down. The United States is now at or near “full employment”. According to a Bloomberg headline last year, “The Jobless Numbers Aren’t Just Good, They’re Great”. But a closer look at economic data by demographer Nicholas Eberstadt reveals something else entirely. While
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Is the Government Too Involved in Child-Rearing?0
- Culture
- October 18, 2016
“I didn’t set out to be a radical, I just wanted my kids swaddled at day care.” That’s according to author and mom of four, Abby Schachter. In a recent video for Reason TV, Schachter admits that swaddling was one of the few things she as a mother felt strongly about when it came to
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Why We’re So Afraid 0
- Culture
- October 18, 2016
The title of a recent Rolling Stone article claims that “we’re living in the age of fear.” It explains: “If this election cycle is a mirror, then it is reflecting a society choked with fear. It’s not just threats of terrorism, economic collapse, cyberwarfare and government corruption—each of which some 70 percent of our citizenry
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Why Same-Sex Marriage Supporters Call it ‘Marriage Equality’0
- Culture
- October 17, 2016
In a recent press conference, it was striking how often Opposition Leader Bill Shorten used the term “marriage equality” and, equally striking, that not even once did he refer to “same-sex marriage” in criticizing the Government for not allowing a vote on this issue in Parliament, but insisting on a plebiscite. We know that our choice
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Why Academics are Becoming Irrelevant (and How to Stop it)0
- Education
- October 17, 2016
A January 2015 Pew Research Center study found an alarming chasm between the views of scientists and the views of the public. Here is just a sampling: 87 percent of scientists accept that natural selection plays a role in evolution, 32 percent of the public agree; 88 percent of scientists think that genetically modified foods
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3 Ways to Stop Overthinking So Damn Much 0
- Science
- October 17, 2016
Have you ever had so much going on in your brain that you wished you could just press a button and suddenly have it all stop? The human mind is prone to overanalyzing every single thing it’s subjected to, leaving many of us drained and exhausted. Are you an overthinker? Chances are good you are.
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America’s Ghost Legions of Idle Men 0