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Do Women Only Make 77% As Much As Men For Same Work?
Pennies on the dollar?How many times have you heard that “women are paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men”? Barack Obama said it during his last campaign. Women’s groups say it...
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Is A High Quality Pre-School A Solution To Poverty?
"[R]esearch strongly suggests that high-quality preschool programs lead to better outcomes for disadvantaged children. Hence, one goal should be to improve the often poor quality of child care that is...
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Should The Post Office Become A Bank?
"The Inspector General, who conducted the study with the help of a team of experts in international postal banking as well as a former executive from Merrill Lynch, correctly frames the proposal not as...
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Lie Witness News: Everyday People Comment On The State Of The Union
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The Shortest Science Paper Ever Published Had No Words, And Was Utterly...
Scientists are widely known for their inclination to drone on about esoteric topics in a language of jargon. But every so often, they can surprise us with conciseness. Take these three pithy offerings...
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Wait Time For New Patients To See A Physician
In cities, the average doctor wait-time is 18.5 days. "A survey of physician practices in 15 metropolitan areas across the country, which was taken before the health law expanded coverage, found that...
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The World's Most Advanced Prosthetic Arm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qUPnnROxvY&wpisrc=nl_wonk***"Since God Can't Heal Amputees, Mankind Will."http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/amputee-bionic-leg-controlled-by.html***"A...
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Obama Says Fracking Is A "Bridge" To Clean Energy Future. A Bridge Too Far?
But it burns nicely.The United States can't keep burning natural gas indefinitely if we want to make truly deep cuts in emissions. At some point, the nation will have to transition to cleaner energy if...
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Here's Why Monarch Butterflies Keep Disappearing
Every November, millions of monarch butterflies arrive at the Oyamel fir forests in central Mexico, where they migrate to survive through the winter. Or at least that's what's supposed to happen.In...
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The Beatles Dilly Dally Lallygag
"And oh that magic feeling... Nowhere to go."Track starts at 31:04http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kjfeXv4Zmg***White Album http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zNstFt7mYM
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The Astonishing Complexity Of Divorce In Orthodox Jewry. Why Rabbis Turn To...
Pharisee And The Woman Taken In Adultery?N.B. It is widely agreed that the story of "The Woman Taken In Adultery" was added to The Gospel of John long after its original...
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The Founding Fathers Warned Against Standing Armies
James Madison"The Father of The Constitution"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_madison***The Founding Fathers – and Freud – Warned Against Standing ArmiesThe Founding Fathers distrusted standing...
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Borowitz: Humans More Closely Related To Neanderthals Than Originally Thought
MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report)—Human beings are more closely related to Neanderthals than originally thought, scientists confirmed today.According to Professor Davis Logsdon, the chairman of the...
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China Installed Record Amounts Of Solar Power In 2013. But Coal Is Still...
There have been quite a few headlines lately about the record amounts of solar power getting built in China. In 2013, the country added at least 12 gigawatts of solar capacity — 50 percent more than...
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Southern Republican Says Racism Drives GOP Opposition To Immigration Reform
"Republican Party Is Full Of Racists," Colin Powell's Chief of Staffhttp://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/10/republican-party-is-full-of-racists.html ***A Republican lawmaker admitted yesterday that...
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Sarah Palin: "The Least Qualified Public Official Since Caligula Nominated...
Video Of Jay Leno Interviewing Bill Maher http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/30/bill-maher-gop-was-wary-of-christie-after-he-got-kenya-cooties-hugging-president-blackula/***Caligula's Horse,...
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Pope Francis Gladly Blesses Parrot Belonging to Male Stripper
Anthony CastellanoJanuary 30, 2014Pope Francis has dined with homeless people, made the cover of Time and Rolling Stone and now has blessed a parrot belonging to a male stripper.The parrot, named...
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Why "Common Sense" Conservatives Get It Wrong: Punishment Does Not Work Well
When state prison populations were at their peak, prisons like San Quentin in California used gymnasiums to house inmates in bunks. Now it's the federal prison system that's overcrowded. The Bureau of...
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Is "The Paradox Of Choice" A Myth?
The theory that less choice can be more -- what psychologist Barry Schwartz called "The Paradox of Choice" -- is under attack as scientific hogwash. But the very fact that its potential weaknesses are...
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Tom Toles Cartoon: Civility In Congress
"GOP Politicians' Penchant For Heavy Handed Thuggery. It's What They Do, by Christ-ie!"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/01/gop-politicians-and-penchant-for-heavy.html
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