America’s civil asset forfeiture laws, another product of law enforcement’s failed war on drugs, originally designed to deprive suspected drug dealers of the spoils of their illicit trade — houses, cars, boats — now regularly deprive people unconnected to the war on drugs of their property, without due process of law and in violation of …
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We’re being duped into thinking smart devices are making our lives better. Visit any crowdfunding site and you’ll see campaigns for every imaginable smartphone-connected gizmo under the sun, each promising relief from a “harrowing first-world problem.” There’s the “smart” propane scale that lets you monitor the fuel level in your backyard grill, so that—horror of …
According to an amazing statistic from the Bureau of Labor Statistics the average job tenure of all American employees in 2014 was 4.6 years. What words of wisdom may we glean from this fact? Experience suggests that, depending on the job and the organisation, it might take, say, a year or two for a new …
Two types of American hospital have been expanding in recent years – the Catholic-affiliated and the for-profit. One in ten acute-care hospital beds are now in Catholic hospitals, and in many cases they are the only hospitals it is geographically practical to use for care of any kind, including reproductive health care. The American Civil …
If you want to live to be 100, here are a few things you might need to do: keep slim, avoid smoking and be sure to own your own home before you turn 50. Swedish researchers tracked 855 men, born in 1913, to try to work out the links between lifestyle and longevity. Of their …
