The Affordable Care Act, known “affectionately” as Obamacare, rests very precariously on a few key contingencies. For one, a large number of people have to enroll in order to make it financially solvent. Second, in order for these people to enroll, they rely on federal subsidies (tax credits) to make Obamacare affordable to them. If […]
Continue reading →A new dating site, SingldOut, is using DNA samples from subscribers to create “genetic matches”: The two markers tested for are the serotonin uptake controller, which is involved in how people handle positive and negative emotions. The second marker tested for relates to the genes influencing the person’s immune system. Within one week, the test […]
Continue reading →Here in the US, any mention of the persecution of Christians will meet with guffaws, no matter how systematically traditional Christianity actually is persecuted by this culture. Christians, especially white male Christians, have nothing to complain about according to leftists. We have been the privileged class in the US for years. But that’s been changing […]
Continue reading →For the time being, federal regulations prohibit male homosexuals from donating blood because of their increased risk of HIV/AIDS infection. Now, San Francisco Supervisor Scott Weiner has introduced a resolution to change that: Weiner told KTVU in San Francisco that the city has to make a statement to the FDA that times and technology are changing. He […]
Continue reading →One of the most common arguments against the free market, and it’s as old as the birth of social crusades, is that corporations powered by greed will do anything to anyone to make a buck if the market is entirely unregulated. But it is regularly overlooked that a regulated market has even more possibility for […]
Continue reading →A recent article in the New York Times underscores the very small amount of information doctors and researchers have about the mysterious placenta—the organ that grows out of a new embryo and immediately starts siphoning nutrients out of a new mother’s blood. The article is quite fascinating, but it brings up some very important questions concerning […]
Continue reading →I remember when I was younger chewing Bazooka bubble gum and reading the little Archie comic that was wrapped around each pink rectangle. My sisters read the Archie digests, the appeal of which I didn’t understand. The stories seemed fragmented and the jokes seemed corny. But one thing was for sure—Archie embodied the sort of […]
Continue reading →The IRS received a blow today as the Republican-controlled house cut the budget for tax enforcement by over $1 billion—nearly 25%. Most of me is very happy about this, since the IRS is really lame and everyone knows it. But another part of me is worried this cut could have some very destructive consequences. The […]
Continue reading →Obama’s approval rating has tanked. In fact, he’s less popular than Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter ever were—and, of course, even the much-maligned George W. Bush was a superstar by comparison. But, according to a new poll, there’s one group of people who couldn’t be happier with Obama—Muslims. That’s right, of all religious groups in […]
Continue reading →When I appropriate a label for myself, I generally attempt to know what it means first. Not so, with most Millennials. According to a recent poll, almost half of Millennials claim to be socialist, but very few of them can give an accurate description of just what being a socialist means: Forty-two percent say they […]
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