The House Appropriations Committee has just voted to stop the funding research of gun violence. Mind you, one has to ask why it needs taxpayer money to undertake research on the subject. 30,000 Ameticans every year are killed by gunshots. That fact should be sufficient for intelligent peopke to conclude that the equivalent of a …
As the number of smokers drops, the remaining smokers actually smoke less and are more likely to quit, according to a study published in the journal Tobacco Control. The study results suggest that current tobacco control policies already in place are working, partly owing to the clean indoor air legislation, media campaigns that aimed to de-normalize smoking and raised …
Some women protested when the BBC used words they thought were inappropriate in the early morning. To the Daily Mail The poor girls who were upset at the use of the phrase “bastard trenches” on the BBC Breakfast show should steer clear of ironmongers and plumbing supplies shops. These places will sell them stop cocks, …
In the US about 75% of all children have a cellphone; in Britain the figure is closer to 90%. Recent research by the London School of Economics found that in schools that banned phones, test scores improved by 6%. Banning phones had the most positive impact on low-achieving pupils and those from low-income families: for …
Russia’s military expenditure is now over 4% of GDP, higher than any other country, including the US. The annual budget deficit has soared from 0.5% to 3.7% of GDP. The oil price is way down and Putin cannot borrow abroad because of sanctions. He is using a reserve fund that could be depleted by the …
