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  • The Difference between Black Football Fans and White Football Fans

    The Difference between Black Football Fans and White Football Fans0

    A significant portion of the NFL’s fan base has reacted negatively to the national anthem protests of the past year. The responses tend to follow a pattern: The stadium is no place for political protest. The game is a color-blind meritocracy. To protest football is to protest America. But according to a study we published

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  • IMF Head Muses On the End of Banking, Triumph of Digital Currencies

    IMF Head Muses On the End of Banking, Triumph of Digital Currencies0

    In a remarkably frank talk at a Bank of England conference, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund has speculated that Bitcoin and cryptocurrency have as much of a future as the Internet itself. It could displace central banks, conventional banking, and challenge the monopoly of national monies.   Christine Lagarde–a Paris native who has held her

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  • Gunman Kills At Least 50 in Las Vegas, Thought to Be ‘Lone Wolf’

    Gunman Kills At Least 50 in Las Vegas, Thought to Be ‘Lone Wolf’0

    In what authorities are calling the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a gunman killed at least 50 people and injured more than 400 Sunday night at an outdoor country music concert in Las Vegas by firing from the 32nd floor of a hotel. The number of deaths surpasses the carnage from the Orlando

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  • Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All’ is Good for None (and Young Bernie Sanders Agrees)

    Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All’ is Good for None (and Young Bernie Sanders Agrees)0

    Recently, Senator Bernie Sanders unveiled a single-payer healthcare plan called “Medicare for All.” Sanders titled his approach for nationalizing one-sixth of the American economy as “Medicare for All” in order to offer a template for his vision of the U.S. healthcare system. Unfortunately, using Medicare as the template for the nation’s healthcare system is a

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  • Why Women Are So Confused About Casual Sex

    Why Women Are So Confused About Casual Sex2

    We hear a lot today about declining marriage rates. Only a few weeks ago Pew Research reported that since 1960, the percent of married adults has experienced a drop of over 20 points. Furthermore, the median age for first marriage has increased by seven years in that same time period. This decline appears to be

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  • Stanford Prof on How to Recognize and Deal With A**holes

    Stanford Prof on How to Recognize and Deal With A**holes0

    Sooner or later, we all have to deal with them. At times, most of us even act like one. But few believe that being one is a good thing. So how do we deal with assholes and avoid being one? Apparently, that is now the topic of serious academic study. Robert Sutton, a psychology professor

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  • NFL’s Favorability Rating Sinks to Historic Low

    NFL’s Favorability Rating Sinks to Historic Low0

    Morning Consult released data Friday morning that might keep NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell up tonight. The Washington, D.C.-based digital media and survey research company’s numbers show a collapse of the NFL’s net favorability ratings since Sept. 21, which fell from 30 percent to 17 percent in a single week. (Morning Consult was founded in 2013

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  • How to Brew a Great Cup of Coffee

    How to Brew a Great Cup of Coffee0

    Coffee is unique among artisanal beverages in that the brewer plays a significant role in its quality at the point of consumption. In contrast, drinkers buy draft beer and wine as finished products; their only consumer-controlled variable is the temperature at which you drink them. Why is it that coffee produced by a barista at

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  • Confessions of a Millennial Mom With a Smartphone Addiction

    Confessions of a Millennial Mom With a Smartphone Addiction0

    We might not even be aware we are holding it, waiting for a call, a text, an email. Or perhaps we’ve fallen even deeper into the trap: we’re poised to make our minute-by-minute check on Facebook or Instragram. Just to see if another person has liked the comment or picture we posted earlier. What exactly

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