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I’m an enthusiastic fan of the Daily Show and I watch it whenever I have an opportunity. The writing is sharp, the jokes are funny, the satire is thick, and they always hit the nail right on the head. Last year, Americans voted for their most admired journalist – Stewart came in 4th. [...] I caught an interesting article about vengeance today where they mentioned an interesting experiment called the ultimatum game. Here is what wikipedia had to say about it The ultimatum game is an experimental economics game in which two players interact to decide how to divide a sum of money that is given to them. [...] We’ve seen the debate over evolution rage for years and often brought into the forefront by conservtive and liberal minds alike. We, as a race, are still unsure as to how we really arrived here. Were we created by God? Did the big bang bring us all into existence? Did God cause the big [...] I caught an interesting article about kids that built their own wiffle ball field in the middle of undeveloped city grounds. They cleared the land, put up an American flag, and put up their version of Fenway’s green monster. Soon after – the lawyers came. I’ll let you read the rest of the article [...] I read an interesting post at Freakonomics where they discussed who was paying a higher percentage of total income in taxes – the super rich or those who aren’t as fortunate. It appears, through a straw poll of sorts, that the top 10% of wage earners who are said to earn 50% of the [...] I read a great article at the NY Times that details the last five years in Iraq. The journalist, who spent the last five years in that country, offers an interesting take on what is transpiring in the country. We claim what victories we can and some victories are not all they are cracked [...] It turns out that there was quite a bit of response, from Russia no less, about the NY Times article. Some of it was very much in line with that of the author, some was written from the viewpoint that he should keep his nose out of their business, and the rest suggested that [...] The geopolitical landscape is constantly changing and this author believes that we, the United States, are on the verge of no longer being a prime superpower. Competition from the EU and China is going to be fierce and we must change a number of things to reassert ourselves and turn our nation around. [...] |
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