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Our IQs Are Shrinking (A Lot), Study Finds 1
- Education
- October 4, 2016
There is a tendency for man to think one’s own generation is the smartest to ever strut the Earth. “Each generation,” Orwell quipped, “imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.” This tendency likely is even more acute for those who’ve
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Bill Clinton Calls Obamacare ‘the Craziest Thing in the World’0
- Politics
- October 4, 2016
On the campaign trail Tuesday, former President Bill Clinton blasted the Affordable Care Act, better known to Americans as Obamacare. Via CNN: Speaking at a Democratic rally in Flint, Michigan, the former president ripped into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for flooding the health care insurance market and causing premiums to rise for middle-class Americans
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Registering Dead People to Vote Not ‘Voter Fraud,’ Says Lawmaker 0
- Politics
- October 3, 2016
Federal and state authorities last week confirmed that at least 19 dead people were recently re-registered to vote in the key swing state of Virginia. Reports indicate that the alleged fraud was committed by a James Madison University student and that federal and local investigations are already underway. But one of Virginia’s top lawmakers said
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Is Anyone Else Confused About the Hijab?0
- Culture
- October 3, 2016
Last week, my colleague Annie Holmquist touched on the controversy surrounding the 2017 World Chess Champions, and the decision of the host nation, Iran, to require women to wear the hijab. At least one U.S. champion, Nazi Paikidze-Barnes, has called Iran’s request “absolutely unacceptable” and is threatening to boycott the championship. Are the Iranians out
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The Psychology Behind Why Clowns Creep Us Out 0
- Science
- October 3, 2016
For the past several months, creepy clowns have been terrorizing America, with sightings of actual clowns in at least 10 different states. These fiendish clowns have reportedly tried to lure women and children into the woods, chased people with knives and machetes, and yelled at people from cars. They’ve been spotted hanging out in cemeteries
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Professor: Voting Should Be Restricted to Those With Knowledge 0
- Education
- October 3, 2016
Who should hold power: the few or the many? Concentrating power in the hands of a few – in monarchy, dictatorship or oligarchy – tends to result in power for personal benefit at the expense of others. Yet in spreading power among the many – as in a democracy – individual votes no longer matter,
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