Born This Way- Do our genes decide our politics?

Seeded on Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:16 AM EDT (New York Magazine)

They found that even in nursery schools, liberals had been self-reliant and resilient, able to develop close relationships and willing to easily cast off routine. The conservatives had been distrustful of others and anxious when facing uncertainty, quick to take offense and exp …

politics, genetics, partisanship

Study: Subsidized contraceptives save money, reduce rate of abortion and number of unwed mothers

Seeded on Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:58 PM EDT (Brookings Institution)

The research also shows that each dollar spent on these policies would produce taxpayer savings of between two and six dollars. Over the last few years, prudent investments have been made in several proven pregnancy prevention policies. Some of these investments, however, have re …

abortion, politics, planned-parenthood, contraceptives, brookings-institution, affordable-care-act

I Was Wrong, and So Are You

Seeded on Wed Nov 9, 2011 4:11 PM EST (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)

BACK IN JUNE 2010, I published a Wall Street Journal op-ed arguing that the American left was unenlightened, by and large, as to economic matters.

politics

New independent climate study confirms global warming is real

Seeded on Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:22 AM EDT (discovermagazine.com)

Now, we’ve known this for a while. Study after study has shown that the Earth is warming, that the past decade has been the hottest on record, and that the rise in temperature has been about a degree.

science

Conservative journalist says he infiltrated, escalated D.C. museum protest

Seeded on Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:07 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

Howley, in fact, chides the protesters for not taking his lead and rushing into the museum after being pepper-sprayed. “In the absence of ideological uniformity, these protesters have no political power. Their only chance, as I saw it, was to push the envelope and go bold.

politics

Rick Perry cut state fire department funding by 75%

Seeded on Wed Sep 7, 2011 8:17 AM EDT (Raw Story)

Volunteer departments that were already facing financial strain were slated to have their funding cut from $30 million to $7 million, according to KVUE. The majority of Texas is protected by volunteer fire departments.

politics

Science, faith, and life's origin

Seeded on Tue Sep 6, 2011 9:13 PM EDT (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

But how exactly this took place is still an open question.

not-news

Believers' estimates of God's beliefs are more egocentric than estimates of other people's beliefs

Seeded on Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:26 AM EST (pnas.org)

People often reason egocentrically about others' beliefs, using their own beliefs as an inductive guide. Correlational, experimental, and neuroimaging evidence suggests that people may be even more egocentric when reasoning about a religious agent's beliefs (e.g., God).

religion, morality, beliefs, reasoning

What's a Cyborg?

Seeded on Wed Mar 9, 2011 7:56 AM EST (quietbabylon.com)

[W]e are all and have always been cyborgs, hybrid entities that combine biology, culture, and technology into a single blurry unit. ... There has never been a moment when we did not integrate with tools.

science, culture

Are Americans Ready for Democracy?

Seeded on Sun Mar 6, 2011 12:24 PM EST (bigthink.com)

You might be tempted here to say that democracy is messy, and that the Americans should just be left to muddle along as best they can, and learn their lessons without our interference.

middle-east, politics, democracy, satire

Then/Now

Seeded on Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:23 PM EST (thepaincomics.com)

This is one of the more depressing spectacles of the wave of revolutions now sweeping the Middle East (I mean, besides civilians getting tortured and strafed by their own governments).

middle-east, politics, revolution, editorial-cartoon

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