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Want a safe place to raise kids? Look to the... →
interesting post talking about the relative safety of raising kids in the city. there’s no such perfect as soon as a kid steps outside, but it seems that maybe—just perhaps—the dangers of the city have perhaps been overblown a tad.
Want a safe place to raise kids? Look to the... →
interesting post talking about the relative safety of raising kids in the city. there’s no such perfect as soon as a kid steps outside, but it seems that maybe—just perhaps—the dangers of the city have perhaps been overblown a tad.
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Watchthis is from the DADT debate… McCain’s steady decline (beginning with his relenting to Bush smear campaign in the SC primary in 2000) has to be the most impressive self-destruction of his generation.
in a few years, this opposition to DADT is going to look like being against integrating schools 50 years ago.
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Watchthis is from the DADT debate… McCain’s steady decline (beginning with his relenting to Bush smear campaign in the SC primary in 2000) has to be the most impressive self-destruction of his generation.
in a few years, this opposition to DADT is going to look like being against integrating schools 50 years ago.
the woz weighs in on the net neutrality ruling. .... →
a taste:
The Internet has become as important as anything man has ever created. But those freedoms are being chipped away. Please, I beg you, open your senses to the will of the people to keep the Internet as free as possible. Local ISP’s should provide connection to the Internet but then it should be treated as though you own those wires and can choose what to do with them when and how...
the woz weighs in on the net neutrality ruling. .... →
a taste:
The Internet has become as important as anything man has ever created. But those freedoms are being chipped away. Please, I beg you, open your senses to the will of the people to keep the Internet as free as possible. Local ISP’s should provide connection to the Internet but then it should be treated as though you own those wires and can choose what to do with them when and how...
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Your Apps Are Watching You →
A WSJ Investigation finds that iPhone and Android apps are breaching the privacy of smartphone users
Maybe you don’t really care, but it’s good to know what’s going.
Your Apps Are Watching You →
A WSJ Investigation finds that iPhone and Android apps are breaching the privacy of smartphone users
Maybe you don’t really care, but it’s good to know what’s going.
Massachusetts leads a trend of later-in-life... →
About 30 percent of babies in Massachusetts are now born to women 35 and older, the highest rate in the country and a striking sign of the societal shift toward having children later in life.
Massachusetts leads a trend of later-in-life... →
About 30 percent of babies in Massachusetts are now born to women 35 and older, the highest rate in the country and a striking sign of the societal shift toward having children later in life.
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china's stealth fighter →
china's stealth fighter →
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Hungary Takes a Wrong Turn →
Hungary is a fully paid-up member of NATO and the European Union, a country with functioning political parties and a 20-year history of free elections. In all the ways that really matter, Hungary’s transition from communism to democracy has been an unmitigated success.
Yet in the last few months, Hungary has provided Europe with another example of how fragile democracy can be—even in a...
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Hungary Takes a Wrong Turn →
Hungary is a fully paid-up member of NATO and the European Union, a country with functioning political parties and a 20-year history of free elections. In all the ways that really matter, Hungary’s transition from communism to democracy has been an unmitigated success.
Yet in the last few months, Hungary has provided Europe with another example of how fragile democracy can be—even in a...
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lesser of two evils
here’s a no-good-answer question for you would you rather have been:
a) stuck on the runway at JFK for 8+ hours in a British Airways plane; the immigration folks in teh terminal having gone home OR
b) stuck on the A train, above ground (incidentally, near JFK) without food or heat for 6 hours.
and a bonus MTA stuck-in-the-blizzard story…
Muslims serve Christmas Eve dinner to 300 in... →
it’s worth remembering that the vast majority of muslims are just people doing their thing and trying to be good people.
Muslims serve Christmas Eve dinner to 300 in... →
it’s worth remembering that the vast majority of muslims are just people doing their thing and trying to be good people.
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usa! usa! usa! →
As the Great Recession has sown unemployment and downgraded work even for those people who have held on to their jobs, the number of Americans lacking healthcare has swelled beyond 50 million, according to a sobering new report from the Kaiser Foundation.
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The study underscores the degree to which the recession has accelerated the loss of basic elements once viewed as inextricable pieces...
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usa! usa! usa! →
As the Great Recession has sown unemployment and downgraded work even for those people who have held on to their jobs, the number of Americans lacking healthcare has swelled beyond 50 million, according to a sobering new report from the Kaiser Foundation.
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The study underscores the degree to which the recession has accelerated the loss of basic elements once viewed as inextricable pieces...
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lesser of two evils
here’s a no-good-answer question for you would you rather have been:
a) stuck on the runway at JFK for 8+ hours in a British Airways plane; the immigration folks in teh terminal having gone home OR
b) stuck on the A train, above ground (incidentally, near JFK) without food or heat for 6 hours.
and a bonus MTA stuck-in-the-blizzard story…
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Watch
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Farm Animals Get 80 Percent of Antibiotics Sold in... →
via Wired:
Farm Animals Get 80 Percent of Antibiotics Sold in... →
via Wired:
