Blog 3 Columns

Americans Are Having Less Sex Than Ever, Sociologist Says 0
- Culture
- October 3, 2017
Why are young adults turning out on the streets more, raging against unwelcome guest speakers on their campuses more? Why are they parading Nazi emblems or smashing statues of yesterday’s heroes? What are they not doing that gives them so much time and energy to burn? Sex. In America, anyway, they are not doing sex. According to
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Why Are There So Many Mass Shootings Today?0
- Culture
- October 2, 2017
On Oct. 1, 2017, a 64-year-old man named Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas, killing at least 58 people and injuring some 515 more. Paddock, who had no previous criminal record, then turned one of his weapons on himself, reports say. It was the largest domestic mass shooting in
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The Difference between Black Football Fans and White Football Fans 0
- Culture
- October 2, 2017
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 0
- Economics
- October 2, 2017
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’0
- Culture
- October 2, 2017
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)0
- Politics
- October 2, 2017
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 2
- Culture
- September 29, 2017
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 0
- Culture
- September 29, 2017
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 0
- Entertainment
- September 29, 2017
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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Americans Are Having Less Sex Than Ever, Sociologist Says 0