There are sure to be lots of people who read this bit of demographic news and react in a panic. (Gates of Vienna, I’m looking at you.) But there’s no reason to panic at all. RTFA and you will find… Continue Reading
In this story, Wal-Mart is absolutely, positively, in the right from a legal perspective. It’s not even a close case. Whe your health insurer pays your health care costs resulting from an injury, and that injury is proven to have… Continue Reading
IDeclining Marriage Rates Why aren’t Brits getting married anymore? The marriage rate is at a historic low in the UK – the marriage rate is lower now than since the Brits started keeping records of this sort of thing, and… Continue Reading
An “unperforming” school apparently suffers from teachers who just can’t handle the criticism inherent in that label. So now they’ll be re-named “priority” schools. Why? “It sounds nicer.” The use of a word like “fail” is indeed unpleasant. It implies… Continue Reading
The Flying Spaghetti Monster is on display on the grounds of the courthouse in Crossville, Tennessee. No joke, there’s a statue of the Diety of Noodles and Gravy on public display. Read all about it here. Sheer awesomeness. The mayor… Continue Reading
One of the most irresponsible pieces of pseudoscience I have heard of recently is the refusal of parents to get vaccinations for their children because they fear that vaccinations will cause autism — a fear based on nothing but fear,… Continue Reading
This editorial from the Dallas Morning News expresses as well as I think need be expressed the sentiments of those who, unlike me, hold on to their cynicism about Barack Obama’s remarkable speech on race yesterday. It contains disbelief that… Continue Reading
Today was one of the most interesting days in Supreme Court history. District of Columbia v. Heller involved a challenge to the District’s gun control laws, which pretty much outlawed all firearms in private residences within the District. Heller was… Continue Reading
A really good online interview with Newt Gingrich. Worth a read, whether you’re liberal or conservative. In particular, Gingrich offers his take on the “Republican Reboot” theme I and many others have been writing about — he thinks that social… Continue Reading
Statisticians might make sense of this but even after some consideration of how it might work, I can come up way too many explanations for this dichotomy: A [French] woman’s average number of partners has risen from under two in… Continue Reading