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Jonathan Haidt’s Book ‘The Anxious Generation’ Is Coddling The American Parent; Giving Them Clear, Simple & Wrong Explanations For What’s Ailing Teens

1 year 3 months ago
Jonathan Haidt’s new book, “The Anxious Generation,” has become a NY Times bestseller, and he’s making media appearances basically everywhere you look, telling people that social media has “rewired children’s minds” and that it is uniquely harmful. We’ve talked about Haidt in the past, and especially his ability to consistently cherry-pick and misread the actual […]
Mike Masnick

Self-Destructive College Presidents

1 year 3 months ago
Today on TAP: They are making a fraught situation worse by letting the far right define antisemitism and the necessary campus responses.
Robert Kuttner

Small earthquake recorded in Mill Creek, Illinois

1 year 3 months ago
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A minor 2.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded Monday at around 3:50 a.m. near Mill Creek, Illinois. The location is just east of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The earthquake happened at a depth of 7.8 miles. While small and unlikely to cause damage, it serves as a reminder that the Illinois Basin - [...]
Joe Millitzer

California wants rich people to stop cutting the line in airports

1 year 3 months ago
Here in the People's Republic of California we like to keep things fair. And two of our legislators have had enough: A pair of Orange County state senators from opposing parties — who frequently fly between their districts and Sacramento — are both boosting a first-in-the-nation proposal critics say would ban the expedited security screening ...continue reading "California wants rich people to stop cutting the line in airports"
Kevin Drum

A Missouri lottery player just won $1,000 a Week for Life

1 year 3 months ago
ST. PETERS,Mo. - What would you do if you won $1,000 per week for the rest of your life? Well, that isn't just a hypothetical question for one Missouri lottery player. It appears that state officials are still looking for the winner. Someone from St. Peters, Missouri, bought a winning Cash4Life Quick Pick ticket for [...]
Joe Millitzer

NY prosecutor ties Trump hush money payments to campaign as criminal trial kicks off

1 year 3 months ago

WASHINGTON — Oral arguments in former President Donald Trump’s historic case in New York began Monday in a Manhattan courtroom where jurors will be tasked with deciding whether deceptive hush money payments to hide an affair amount to a criminal conviction. The first-ever criminal trial of an ex-U.S. president centers on Trump’s alleged falsified business records to […]

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Ashley Murray