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Will 22 Million Americans Lose Their Healthcare if Obamacare is Replaced?0
- Economics
- July 25, 2017
Whether the Affordable Care Act is repealed or replaced, one thing is certain: tens of millions of Americans–32 million, or 22 million, or 24 million–will be kicked off healthcare plans. At least that’s the scenario widely being reported. To be fair, these figures are all based on reports from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
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Who’s Avoiding Sex, and Why 0
- Family
- July 24, 2017
Sex has a strong influence on many aspects of well-being: it is one of our most basic physiological needs. Sex feeds our identity and is a core element of our social life. But millions of people spend at least some of their adulthood not having sex. This sexual avoidance can result in emotional distress, shame
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Does Britain Have the World’s Best Health System?0
- Economics
- July 24, 2017
“The National Health Service is the closest thing the English have to a religion,” Margaret Thatcher’s Chancellor Nigel Lawson famously once observed. However, given the swivel-eyed fanaticism with which its supporters will defend it, even from the overwhelming evidence of its shortcomings, at this point it might be more accurate to describe the NHS as
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The ‘God of the Gaps’ Is Growing 0
- Religion
- July 24, 2017
The story of the god of the gaps ends like a bad dream. The scientist has scaled the mountains of ignorance, he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries… Atheists have a
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Oregon Wants to Defelonize All the Drugs 0
- Politics
- July 24, 2017
Over the last several years, ending drug prohibition has steadily become an idea whose time has come. After spending decades and billions of tax dollars policing what individuals can and cannot put into their own bodies, the government has absolutely nothing to show for its “war on drugs,” aside from a swelling prison population. The
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Higher Wages Don’t Improve Teacher Quality, Left-Leaning Think Tank Finds 0
- July 24, 2017
To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a teacher is the most important component of a child’s education. As a result of this acknowledgement, conventional wisdom seems to indicate that the way to attract and retain effective, high-quality teachers is through lucrative salaries. But surprisingly, that may not be the case.
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