Trends in Society

February 15th, 2024
One person was killed and 22 others injured after a shooting near the Kansas City Chief’s Super Bowl parade route following the festivities on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
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February 15th, 2024
COVID-19 vaccines were supposed to help. Researchers—and government officials—are loath to admit that for some people, they actually hurt.
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February 14th, 2024
Mia did a deep dive into every aspect of this attempted mass shooting at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, over the weekend. What a circus.
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February 9th, 2024
Projected changes in state populations should send blue states a message, though it isn’t clear any of them are listening—or even care.
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February 9th, 2024
It’s good to be president, especially a Democratic president running for reelection, because you can use billions of taxpayer dollars to try and buy the votes you need to win the presidential election. Source: President Biden Says Let the Vote Buying Begin
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February 9th, 2024
Presidential elections focus almost entirely on the presidential candidate, in part because the vice president is seldom called on to take over. However, there is a higher-than-normal chance that the presidential winner in November won’t complete his term. That makes this the most important vice-presidential election ever.
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February 8th, 2024
This week, I tried out the Apple Vision Pro. That’s the device you’ve been seeing on the news: the bulky, unwieldy headgear; the bizarre images of people attempting to manipulate the air in front of them; even some people driving while looking like Geordi La Forge from “Star Trek.”
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February 8th, 2024
The media warn, “Artificial intelligence will replace millions of jobs.”
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February 6th, 2024
If basic biology or the Hippocratic oath won’t protect vulnerable teens from preying clinics, perhaps economic self-interest will.
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February 5th, 2024
Despite being better educated, working more, and earning higher incomes than their counterparts from three decades ago, more than half of young adults between the ages of 18 to 34 are financially dependent on their parents, with many still living at home, unmarried, childless and mired in debt, a new study from the Pew Research Center shows.
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