Month: February 2016

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Annals of the academic rat race

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On February 3, 2016
A prominent molecular biologist at the University of Chicago has resigned after a university recommendation that he be fired for violating the school’s sexual misconduct policy. His resignation comes amid calls for universities to be more transparent about sexual harassment in their science departments, where women account for only one-quarter of senior faculty jobs. The […]
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Help solve a culinary mystery

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On February 2, 2016
  The other day I had an enormous craving for something brothy and Asian and noodly, so I  made some chicken noodle soup with an Asian spin. I sauteed some minced green onions, lots of fresh minced ginger and several cloves of garlic in oil, then added carrots, shredded chicken and chicken broth. I also […]
Maybe they should check for hanging chads? Editors: The Iowa Democratic caucuses remain too close to call with a difference of less than three-tenths of 1 percent with all but one precinct reporting. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has not conceded and the state Democratic Party has not responded to AP’s questions about whether they intend […]
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The True Cost of Uber

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Uber, like the cowboy socialists of the West, talk all about private, individualized effort that makes America great. And like those cowboy socialists, Uber also relies on the government for everything, effectively socializing their business model on the rest of us while doing everything possible to escape paying the taxes that would contribute its fair […]

Lead in Baltimore

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On February 2, 2016

Flint is not the only American city where governmental failures and mendacity have exposed people to lead. Baltimore has certified houses as lead-free that are not in fact so. When people in Baltimore

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