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In a survey of 6,000 Jews across Europe, 66% said that anti-Semitism was a problem, 76% that it had got worse in the past five years, and 57% that they had heard or seen someone in the past 12 months claiming that the Holocaust was a myth. (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights/The Guardian) This is …
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If you want to attract a mate, surround yourself with friends, research shows that people are more attractive when part of a group. Scientists at the University of California showed volunteers pictures of 100 men and women and asked them to rate their attractiveness. Sometimes the photograph was cropped to show the subject alone, but …
Why has American football become so brutish? This seems to be a question increasingly asked by many people, and the seriousness of the issue was just brought to my notice by an email this morning. Years ago rugby used to be similar: violent and dangerous. To avoid being steam-rollered in the scrum or set upon …
An academic study by the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) at University College London suggests migrants are good for the British economy and debunks right-wing claims about ‘burdens’, ‘pressures’, ‘benefit tourists’ and the rest. Recent immigrants to Britain are better educated, pay more taxes and draw less state benefits than native Britons. …
An article by Robert Samuelson in the Washington Post of November 5th posits that the elderly population of the United States is not the poverty- stricken, sick crowd that people like to imagine. Many (not all!) are financially comfortable and in good health. He says the “poor old people” story is only designed to protect …
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