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Jordan Peterson’s Thinkspot Is a Welcome Social Media Option. Will It Work?0
- Culture
- July 23, 2019
Last month, the controversial psychologist and popular public speaker Jordan Peterson announced that he is creating a new social media site. Billed as an “anti-censorship” platform, “Thinkspot” would allow users to post virtually whatever they want. “Once you’re on our platform we won’t take you down unless we’re ordered to by a US court of
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Bernie Sanders’s Workers Wanted $15 an Hour—So He Cut Their Hours 0
- Economics
- July 23, 2019
On Friday I mentioned the ongoing labor dispute between the workers and management of Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign. The longtime advocate of raising the federal minimum to $15 an hour is finding that it’s easy to complain about greedy employers until you become the one having to make payroll. Presidential campaigns are labor intensive and require an
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Our Database of Police Officers Who Shoot Citizens Reveals Who’s Most Likely to Shoot 0
- Politics
- July 23, 2019
In the debate over fatal police shootings of minority citizens, one theme is persistent: White officers, rather than nonwhite officers, are primarily responsible for black Americans being shot by the police. For example, look to Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s handling of the recent shooting of black resident Eric Logan in his hometown of South
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Epstein’s Entente: The Four Biggest Names in the Scandal 0
- Culture
- July 23, 2019
Following his arrest on July 6 for charges relating to sex trafficking, billionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was denied bail on July 15. Judge Richard Berman cited multiple concerns: “Mr. Epstein’s alleged excessive attraction to sexual conduct with or in the presence of minor girls — which is said to include his
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The Secret Lives of Robopets 0
- Culture
- July 23, 2019
There has been a great disturbance in the force, like a million chirpy robot voices crying out for owners. In every day terms, we are facing what Wired terms “the second coming of robot pets.” This surge in companion robots is exemplified in a cutesy little bot called Kiki, whose appeal (beyond being utterly adorable)
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Melinda Gates’ Love Letter to the Pill 0
- Culture
- July 22, 2019
“Contraceptives are the greatest life-saving, poverty-ending, women-empowering innovation ever created.” That’s the message of Melinda Gates, wife of one of the world’s richest men, in her new book The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World. In The Moment of Lift, Melinda tells the story of her philanthropic work, particularly with the Bill
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