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What Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Gets Wrong about Europe 0
- January 9, 2019
During her interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday, newly sworn in Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez justified her vision of democratic socialism by invoking a caricature of Europe. When asked if she wanted to turn the United States into a version of Venezuela or the Soviet Union, Ocasio-Cortez demurred with an incredulous smile. “What we have in mind,” she said, according to the transcript,
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Meghan Markle Spent a Lot More on Clothes Than Kate in 2018. Here’s Why.0
- Culture
- January 9, 2019
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, is enjoying the perks of royalty and it has come back to bite her. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will attend the @RoyalVariety Performance at the London Palladium on Monday 19th November. #RoyalVarietyPerformance #Variety4Charity pic.twitter.com/oc26pWfbba — Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) November 13, 2018 Each year, royal fashion blog UFOnomore releases
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Are We Witnessing the End of the Bitcoin Era?1
- Economics
- January 8, 2019
The Bitcoin revolution seemed unstoppable. Despite suffering multiple large corrections over the last years, Bitcoin’s price kept reaching new highs until almost surpassing the $20,000 threshold, something unimaginable when Bitcoin emerged in 2009. I remember watching in 2015 the documentary The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin, whose title may now look pretentious, but at the
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Why Single Women Are (Way) More Likely to Own a Home Than Single Men 0
- Culture
- January 8, 2019
A new report by the online loan marketplace LendingTree has found that single women own far more homes than their male counterparts. The study revealed that in the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas, single women are almost twice as likely to be homeowners as single men. Single women in New Orleans, for example, own 27 percent of all
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Three Charts Showing How Childbearing Varies Across the US 0
- Culture
- January 8, 2019
Falling U.S. fertility rates have been making headlines. These reports tend to focus on a single measure: the average number of children that women have, nationally. However, this one number masks large and interesting variation in people’s childbearing behavior. The National Survey of Family Growth – one of the best sources of information on this
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Owner of Historic Boston Restaurant Says Minimum Wage Hikes Hastened Its Demise 0
- Culture
- January 8, 2019
Durgin-Park, a renowned Boston restaurant, has been around for a long time. It opened in 1827, when Massachusetts’ own John Quincy Adams was president of the United States. Phil Klein of the Washington Examiner wrote: “The restaurant, located in Boston’s Faneuil Hall, was an institution and tourist attraction, serving New England staples, such as chowder, shepherd’s
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