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  • How to Vote for President When You Don’t Like the Candidates

    How to Vote for President When You Don’t Like the Candidates0

    How do voters select a candidate when no one they like is on the ballot? Behavioral scientists have studied decision-making – including voting – for decades. However, researchers usually give respondents at least one appealing option to choose from. This led us to wonder: What do voters do when they consider all of the options

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  • Can’t Hold Your Liquor? Blame Your Eye Color

    Can’t Hold Your Liquor? Blame Your Eye Color0

    You know that friend who drinks you under the table? The one who makes you look like a light-weight? What if it wasn’t a testament to his prowess or an extra strong splash of testosterone? What if it was something much less significant…like the color of his eyes? Research indicates that eye color might actually

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  • Bill Clinton Calls Obamacare ‘the Craziest Thing in the World’

    Bill Clinton Calls Obamacare ‘the Craziest Thing in the World’0

    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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  • Aristotle’s Tips for Voting in the 2016 Election

    Aristotle’s Tips for Voting in the 2016 Election0

    The end of the 2016 election is in sight – thank goodness! Despite this fact, approximately 10 percent of voters are still undecided in regards to whom they will vote for. For the uncertain among us – or even for those who have already decided – some advice from Aristotle might be helpful. Throughout the

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  • ‘Scared’ Prof Blasts Political Correctness

    ‘Scared’ Prof Blasts Political Correctness0

    Last week, University of Toronto psychology professor Jordan Peterson released a video in which he pushed back on the political correctness movement. “I am very concerned about what’s happening in universities,” said Peterson, a tenured research and clinical psychologist. Peterson has been called a bigot and “abusive” because he has declined to use genderless pronouns

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  • The Psychology Behind Why Clowns Creep Us Out

    The Psychology Behind Why Clowns Creep Us Out0

    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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  • Registering Dead People to Vote Not ‘Voter Fraud,’ Says Lawmaker

    Registering Dead People to Vote Not ‘Voter Fraud,’ Says Lawmaker0

    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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  • Professor: Voting Should Be Restricted to Those With Knowledge

    Professor: Voting Should Be Restricted to Those With Knowledge0

    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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  • Professor: Today’s Students Can’t Even Crack an Egg

    Professor: Today’s Students Can’t Even Crack an Egg0

    It’s been noted before that many members of the up-and-coming generation are clueless when it comes to basic skills like reading a map, writing a letter, and starting a fire. Washington College professor Bill Schindler could add another item to that list: cracking an egg. According to the Washington Post, Schindler discovered this fact by

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