Why libertarians have it totally wrong on the contraceptive mandate, by Dante Atkins GOP's Obamacare spite means death toll for red states, by Jon Perr The 'strange fruit' was often female, by Denise Oliver-Velez The newest front in the war on teachers: public schools to mimic worst habits of charter schools, by Steve Singiser No, unions are not to blame for the downfall of the music industry, by Mark E Andersen Book review and interview with the author—Democracy: All That Matters by Steven Beller, by Ian Reifowitz How can politicians make Obamacare the winning message? It’s in the polls, by Egberto Willies These charts show you where we've moved the needle left in the Senate and House, by David Jarman
GOP's Obamacare spite means death toll for red states, by Jon Perr
The 'strange fruit' was often female, by Denise Oliver-Velez
The newest front in the war on teachers: public schools to mimic worst habits of charter schools, by Steve Singiser
No, unions are not to blame for the downfall of the music industry, by Mark E Andersen
Book review and interview with the author—Democracy: All That Matters by Steven Beller, by Ian Reifowitz
How can politicians make Obamacare the winning message? It’s in the polls, by Egberto Willies
These charts show you where we've moved the needle left in the Senate and House, by David Jarman
A Superior Court judge who sentenced a wealthy du Pont heir to probation for raping his 3-year-old daughter noted in her order that he "will not fare well" in prison and needed treatment instead of time behind bars, court records show. Judge Jan Jurden's sentencing order for Robert H. Richards IV suggested that she considered unique circumstances when deciding his punishment for fourth-degree rape. Her observation that prison life would adversely affect Richards was a rare and puzzling rationale, several criminal justice authorities in Delaware said. Some also said her view that treatment was a better idea than prison is a justification typically used when sentencing drug addicts, not child rapists.
Judge Jan Jurden's sentencing order for Robert H. Richards IV suggested that she considered unique circumstances when deciding his punishment for fourth-degree rape. Her observation that prison life would adversely affect Richards was a rare and puzzling rationale, several criminal justice authorities in Delaware said. Some also said her view that treatment was a better idea than prison is a justification typically used when sentencing drug addicts, not child rapists.
Responding to scrutiny over hiring a CEO who had supported California’s Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage, Mozilla has announced that the company supports full LGBT equality, including the freedom to marry
"On or about May 8, 2013, and at repeated and diverse times thereafter, Beck stated that Alharbi was the 'money man' who had funded the attacks at the Boston Marathon. [...] Alharbi says he has "received numerous messages ... based on Beck's statements accusing him of being a murderer, child killer and terrorist."
Alharbi says he has "received numerous messages ... based on Beck's statements accusing him of being a murderer, child killer and terrorist."
The Japanese-developed Fomm Concept One uses a water jet generator to propel through water, and has a motorcycle-style handlebar to accelerate and brake. And get this: Its wheels are lightweight, buoyant, and they can operate like fins when in the water. Pretty neat, eh? Before you take the plunge and pack up the family for a picnic in the lake, remember that this amphicar isn’t meant just for fun. It was designed by a Japanese company to help rescue people from flooding and tsunamis and will only be sold in Thailand, followed by a larger rollout in Southeast Asia. The tiny, 1,000-pound car can only drive about 62 miles before it needs to be recharged, and can only handle one disaster at a time before it needs to be maintained again.
Pretty neat, eh? Before you take the plunge and pack up the family for a picnic in the lake, remember that this amphicar isn’t meant just for fun. It was designed by a Japanese company to help rescue people from flooding and tsunamis and will only be sold in Thailand, followed by a larger rollout in Southeast Asia. The tiny, 1,000-pound car can only drive about 62 miles before it needs to be recharged, and can only handle one disaster at a time before it needs to be maintained again.
Understanding causal relationships between actions is a key feature of human cognition. However, the extent to which non-human animals are capable of understanding causal relationships is not well understood. Scientists used the Aesop's fable riddle—in which subjects drop stones into water to raise the water level and obtain an out-of reach-reward—to assess New Caledonian crows' causal understanding of water displacement. These crows are known for their intelligence and innovation, as they are the only non-primate species able to make tools, such as prodding sticks and hooks. Six wild crows were tested after a brief training period for six experiments, during which the authors noted rapid learning (although not all the crows completed every experiment). The authors note that these tasks did not test insightful problem solving, but were directed at the birds' understanding of volume displacement.