“Israel has a serious racism problem that is quickly building to a crisis. Just consider these three facts: — Since 2009, more than 43 churches, mosques, and monasteries have been torched or desecrated in Israel and the West Bank – without a single perpetrator indicted. — According to a survey, 70.2% of Israelis believe the …
To The Daily Telegraph The absurdity of Maurice Ravel’s music enriching his brother’s wife’s masseuse’s husband’s second wife’s daughter exemplifies our over-generous copyright laws. The original copyright act of 1842 set the term at seven years from an author’s death. This has been extended, first to 50 years from death, then to 70. In the …
The US National Center for Health Statistics reports that health gaps between white and black people are finally closing, and people are living longer, although heart disease, cancer and obesity continue to loom large. Between 2004 and 2014, life expectancy increased by an extra 1.1 years for women and 1.4 years for men, according to …
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Research suggests that the benefits of marriage for women may not last and, indeed, that there comes a point when they are better off widowed than shackled to an elderly spouse. (shackled? Ed?) Researchers from the University of Padua tracked almost 2,000 over-65s living in the Veneto region of Italy for four years. Based on …
The number of babies born to teenagers in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level in almost 70 years. 25,977 women aged under 20 had babies in 2014 – the fewest since 1946. (ONS/The Guardian) On the other hand: British parents are having more children than at any time since the 1970s. In …
