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What's Wrong With The Hunger Games Is What No One Noticed
When a media universally misses the point, it's on purpose.America's Real Criminal Element: Lead
New research finds Pb is the hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic. And fixing the problem is a lot cheaper than doing nothing. Illustration: Gérard DuBois When Rudy Giuliani ran for mayor of New York City in 1993, he campaigned on a platform of bringing down crime and making the city safe again.
Steven Johnson says that too often, we don't open our eyes to the progress the world has seen. Steven Johnson: By almost any measure, life in U.S. is much better than in past generations Dropout rates, college enrollment, crime, infant mortality have shown improvement Despite progress, most people, and the media, focus on negative trends, he says Johnson: Doomsayers get our attention more readily than those pointing to steady progress Editor's note: Steven Johnson is the bestselling author of eight books, including "Where Good Ideas Come From" and "The Ghost Map." His latest book, "Future Perfect: The Case For Progress In A Networked Age," was published this fall by Riverhead.
We're living the dream; we just don't realize it
Apropos of yesterday's post about using Google to convert joules to electron volts, a friend of mine emailed this morning to say that Wolfram Alpha would be an even better choice.
The Internet is a Major Driver of the Growth of Cognitive Inequality
While not an economist in the traditional sense, I am very interested in the study of economics. While not everyone shares this level of interest, I believe people should have an understanding of economics as the field is so important to understanding the world that we live in.
10 Lesser Known Economic Issues
The International Jew
The International Jew is a four volume set of booklets or pamphlets originally published and distributed in the early 1920s by Henry Ford , an American industrialist and automobile manufacturer. In Spring 1920, Henry Ford made his personal newspaper The Dearborn Independent chronicle what he considered the "Jewish Menace".30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents'
In its annual study, Amnesty International claimed that in addition to the 30 who died in purges last year, a further 200 were rounded up in January this year by the State Security Agency as Pyongyang carried out the transfer of power from Kim Jong-il, who died of an apparent heart attack in December, and his 29-year-old son, Kim Jong-un. Of those 200, Amnesty said, some were apparently executed and the remainder were sent to political prison camps.
When our society advocates abortion for the poor then we have truly failed to provide for each other. What I take from this study is that we need to focus less on abortion and more on adoption. The same energy and money by activists/lobbyist should be spent giving a mother a number of options, especially adoption which should include healthcare if she decides to give her baby to a couple that can support the baby.
What happens to women denied abortions? This is the first scientific study to find out.
‘Dream Team’ of Behavioral Scientists Advised Obama Campaign
“He said, ‘Bring the whole group; let’s hear what you have to say,’ ” recalled Dr. Fox, a behavioral economist at the University of California, Los Angeles. So began an effort by a team of social scientists to help their favored candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Some members of the team had consulted with the Obama campaign in the 2008 cycle, but the meeting in January signaled a different direction.
Alex Ross: Love on the March
The week after Barack Obama was first elected President, I attended a music festival at Arizona State University, in Tempe.The Corruption of Democracy
US DEATH PENALTY
When Drones Decide to Kill on Their Own - Flashpoints
It’s almost impossible nowadays to attend a law-enforcement or defense show that does not feature unmanned vehicles, from aerial surveillance drones to bomb disposal robots, as the main attraction.Game Theory
"I am a Sex Offender -- For Life"
Folks, it’s Lenore from Free-Range Kids, back here because I just got this email and it points very clearly to the path we must take: CHANGE THE SEX OFFENDER LAWS which are, as this “offender” himself notes, harsher than those we mete out for murder — even when what we’re talking about is CONSENSUAL SEX between two teens. – L.Presidential Debates - Barack Obama and Mitt Romney - GQ October 2012: Politics
You have been battered into a stupor of disaffection by a locust swarm of attack ads and unctuous doublespeak, courtesy of the most obnoxiously long campaign in history since the Crusades.My younger brother is gay. Gay as laughter. Gay as the day is long.
Defriended Over a Wedding, a Straight Man Gains Perspective | evoL =
Feminism
Trayvon Martin Case