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The Scary Reason Most Men Cheat 1
- Culture
- June 20, 2017
I don’t normally pay much attention to social science research on human behavior, but a recent survey on infidelity caught my eye. Superdrug’s Online Doctor recently surveyed more than 2,000 Europeans and Americans to better understand perceptions and causes of cheating, and there were some rather interesting findings. For starters, Europeans really do appear to
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Illinois is Broke, But Other States Might Not Be Much Better 0
- Economics
- June 20, 2017
In case you missed the Associated Press story from this weekend, it’s clear that Illinois’ financial woes are finally coming to a head. Via the AP: “Comptroller Susana Mendoza is warning that new court orders in lawsuits filed by state suppliers that are owed money mean her office is required to pay out more than
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Michelle Carter’s Actions: Heinous, But Not Criminal 0
- Culture
- June 20, 2017
Every action and decision we make has naturally corresponding consequences. In our social media-driven world, it has become much easier to shy away from the ripple effects caused by our own actions, especially when we are able to hide behind the comfort of a keyboard. Where once we each had more of an obligation to
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Hey, Millennials! This is the sequence of success: education, job, marriage, children 0
- Culture
- June 19, 2017
Millennials may have it tough in a society where values and the job market seem equally disrupted, but here is what they need to know: the odds are that, financially at least, life will go much better if they follow the tried and true Success Sequence: education, job, marriage, children – in that order. That’s the
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Senators Seek to Stop Government Subsidies for Sports Stadiums 0
- Culture
- June 19, 2017
Two senators are calling foul on government subsidies for professional sports stadiums. Sens. James Lankford, R- Okla., and Cory Booker, D – N.J., introduced a bill Tuesday named “Eliminating Federal Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act”. “The federal government is responsible for a lot of important functions, but financing sports stadiums for multi-million—sometimes billion—dollar franchises is
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Evergreen Insanity: Students Forced College Pres. to Pee Under Escort 0
- Culture
- June 19, 2017
We’ve highlighted some of the troubling discord coming from Evergreen State College in Washington state, as well as the media’s apparent unwillingness to cover the strange saga. (The media might be coming around. The New York Times covered the college’s sad commencement on Friday.) But even we were surprised by some of the revelations
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