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“Americans were once modest and self-sacrificing, but then the 1960s came and the nation turned into a bunch of entitled narcissists. That’s the “conventional story, beloved especially on the Right”, says David Brooks, a commentator with the New York Times and a talking head on public television. Yet the facts don’t match the narrative, he …
Bosses can not only legally monitor your company email and internet browser history, they can also log keystrokes to check your productivity and even see what you type on private services like Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter. If you have a work cellphone, your employer can pinpoint your precise location through GPS. A survey from the …
The Australian neighbours of a friend of ours went to the Dept of Motor Vehicles to get DC driving licenses. Exchange with official: “Do you have Australian licenses?” “Yes” “Well, you’ll have to get them translated into English.”
Everyone agrees that “Britain’s housing problem is one of supply and demand. If only they could build more homes, the crisis would ease. But it’s not that simple. For instance, in London new flats are going up all the time, yet housing remains in chronically short supply because so many properties – old and new, …
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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 …
