2014, politically, will likely be remembered for whatever happens in the mid-terms regarding the context of Congressional composition. Is someone going to make a big move towards 2016? Is the GOP going to become the party of Ted Cruz, etc?… Continue Reading
That’s from the latest census. Most interesting segment of this article to me: as recently as 2011, the median home price in America was about $166,000; now it’s $212,000. That’s a $46,000 difference. That can be 1-2.5 years (or more) of… Continue Reading
Second verse, same as the first (lil’ bit louder and a whole lot worse): for the latest quarter, Amazon’s revenues are up, but their profits are non-existent.They’re “the teacher’s pet” of Wall Street: stratospheric valuation (the stock has increased 32… Continue Reading
This happened in South America yesterday (or rather, news broke yesterday), and now, for the first time in 44 years of polling about this topic in the U.S., it appears a majority of citizens — via Gallup, and outside the… Continue Reading
As you likely know by now, Kim and Kanye are engaged. (Maybe this here was the sequence of events that convinced him to finally put a ring on it.) Now, I’m a red-blooded American male and I find her generally attractive… Continue Reading
Just like this morning’s post about mortality rates was close to my heart due to recent brushes with family and death, so too is this post about the current state of the U.S. labor market. I’m technically a full-time student… Continue Reading
I saw this Robert Krulwich article on NPR yesterday. Essentially, Americans are “falling behind” in the getting older race, although no one can truly predict the pattern; obviously Americans have some health issues at the general level, i.e. diabetes, but… Continue Reading
This article appeared in the UK edition of Wired in February, but it got upvoted on Reddit today and I saw it there; I’m not sure if the precise original publication date matters, because I don’t think it’s breaking news. People… Continue Reading