“There have been fewer than 20 terror-related deaths on US soil since 9/11, but around 364,000 caused by privately owned firearms”. (The Observer) How can it be that a huge proportion of the American population is un-moved by this statistic? Were you living in ancient Greece and you were to recount the above fact to …
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A study into whether a marriage would improve if the husband always agreed with his wife had to be abandoned when the man fell into a depression. For the experiment the husband was asked to “agree with his wife’s every opinion and request without complaint”, even if he thought she was in the wrong. But …
I received an email from Expedia.com asking me to complete a survey. Among the questions asked was a request to rate the following things out of a maximum of 10: “Your relationship with your family” “Your financial situation” “Your health” “Your love life. (truly!) “Your happiness Expedia is a travel company that books trips and …
With the holidays behind us, I would like to share a personal experience with my Epicurean friends about drinking and driving over holiday periods. As you may know, some of us have been known to have brushes with the authorities from time to time on the way home after a “social session” out with our …
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“What the public needs to understand is that the video provided by a drone is far from clear enough to detect someone carrying a weapon, even on a crystal-clear day with limited cloud and perfect light. This makes it incredibly difficult for the best analysts to determine if someone has a weapon for sure. “One …
