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  • 1899 Insurance Co.: No Insurance for ‘Intemperate or Immoral’ People

    1899 Insurance Co.: No Insurance for ‘Intemperate or Immoral’ People0

    If you’re looking for an illustration as to how much we’ve changed in the last 100 or so years, take a look at this list of instructions for medical examiners from the Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New York. The document, published in 1899, is basically a dull litany of things medical examiners should do

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  • Ray Lewis Rips #BlackLivesMatter

    Ray Lewis Rips #BlackLivesMatter0

    There’s a powerful video going viral right now that features Ray Lewis pointing out the utter horror and bloodshed taking place in Chicago when it comes to black-on-black crime and the fact that #BlackLivesMatter and other groups seem more interested in going after cops than demanding a change from the black community. As he says,

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  • Are Kids More Capable than Today’s Parents Realize?

    Are Kids More Capable than Today’s Parents Realize?0

    Yesterday, we published a piece on legislators who want to make it “illegal for parents to leave any child younger than seven alone in a car, or any child under age 10 home alone.” One of the legislators behind this law noted the harms of leaving children alone, saying that they could get into any

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  • A Psychological Explanation for Why Your Boss is a Moron

    A Psychological Explanation for Why Your Boss is a Moron0

    In 1999 David Dunning, a psychologist at Cornell University, and a graduate student, Justin Kruger, published a paper. Its hypothesis became known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect, and it went something like this (to quote Dunning): “…incompetent people do not recognize—scratch that, cannot recognize—just how incompetent they are.” According to Dunning and Kruger, incompetent people will: 1.Often

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  • The Coarseness of our Discourse

    The Coarseness of our Discourse0

    There’s a story floating around today about a radio station being hacked and an expletive-laced recording played through the station’s broadcast signal. CBS Denver describes it below. Listeners of the Breckenridge-based 106.3 FM The Lift radio station heard strange ramblings from an unknown person along with a lot of foul language on Tuesday morning. …

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  • How Gardening Helps Save Money

    How Gardening Helps Save Money0

    In recent years, there has been a growing interest in organic produce. But for those of us with limited food budgets, patronizing organic grocery stores, co-ops, and restaurants can be a bit of a strain on the wallet.  As Time recently pointed out, there’s a way to eat healthy organic produce on a budget. It’s

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