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Education: Book Burnings
Dr. Harold Ordway Rugg is a mild-mannered, talkative little man, a professor at Columbia University's Teachers College who writes history and social-science textbooks
The Comeback Keynes
We are all Keynesians now.
Study: Money Buys Happiness When Income Is $75,000
People say money doesn’t buy happiness. Except, according to a new study from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, it sort of does — up to about $75,000 a year
Aquamation, a Form of Cremation: Better for the Environment?
In Western societies, disposing of a dead body has come down to two choices: there’s burial, and there’s cremation.
No Smoking on Campus? Pennsylvania Smokers Fume
Having been denied the right to puff in public buildings, workplaces and bars, staff and student smokers in Pennsylvania public colleges and universities now find themselves forced to leave campus property before lighting up.
Banking: How to clone Switzerland
Several years ago, executives with Singapore’s major private banks came to the government with an enviable problem.
What Is Justice For A Sixth-Grade Killer?
I hope your boy gets raped in jail and killed.” The words, angry and exasperated, from an anonymous caller, burn into the ears of Jackie Golden, grandmother of Andrew Golden. For a moment she is too shaken to speak.
Battle for the Soul of the Internet
There was nothing very special about the message that made Laurence Canter and Martha Siegel the most hated couple in cyberspace. It was a relatively straightforward advertisement offering the services of their husband-and-wife law firm to aliens interested in getting a green card — proof of permanent-resident status in the U.S
Sexes: Let’s Fall in Limerence
A new book codifies the agony of romantic love Dear Ralph, Your four love letters arrived today.