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from East Idaho News.com
News & Media Website
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
LA's Traffic Safety Policies Were Supposed to Reduce Deaths. Instead, More People Are Dying
LA's goal was to cut non-driver fatalities by 20 percent by 2015 and 50 percent by 2020. Instead, pedestrian traffic fatalities are surging, and the city's initiative to remove automobile lanes to make more room for bus and bike lanes is only making things worse.
LA's Traffic Safety Policies Were Supposed to Reduce Deaths. Instead, More People Are Dying
LA's goal was to cut non-driver fatalities by 20 percent by 2015 and 50 percent by 2020. Instead, pedestrian traffic fatalities are surging, and the city's initiative to remove automobile lanes to make more room for bus and bike lanes is only making things worse.
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Richard More: the Shropshire outcast who sailed to riches on the Mayflower
He was only six when he was disowned by his wealthy father, torn from his adulterous mother and shipped to America with the pilgrims on the Mayflower to begin a new life as a servant. For centuries, the extraordinary tale of the Shropshire childhood of Richard More – a celebrated New England sea captain and one of the “first comers” to America – was lost in the mists of time. Now a group of local historians hopes to reignite interest in More and his three young siblings, who died shortly after leaving for the new world on board America’s most famous boat.
from The Guardian (UK)
Richard More: the Shropshire outcast who sailed to riches on the Mayflower
He was only six when he was disowned by his wealthy father, torn from his adulterous mother and shipped to America with the pilgrims on the Mayflower to begin a new life as a servant. For centuries, the extraordinary tale of the Shropshire childhood of Richard More – a celebrated New England sea captain and one of the “first comers” to America – was lost in the mists of time. Now a group of local historians hopes to reignite interest in More and his three young siblings, who died shortly after leaving for the new world on board America’s most famous boat.
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from Mises Institute
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED
3 Reasons Why More Secession Means More Freedom
Smaller countries are more dependent on trade and on attracting capital through lower tax rates. This goes against the notion that "nationalists" can use political separation to increase trade barriers and isolate a national economy.
Coerced Confessions: How the Plea Bargain Replaced Physical Torture
When American governments created public police forces one hundred years ago, they often relied on torture to extract confessions. But now they have new methods: threatening to pile on new charges until the defendant takes a plea agreement.
This is Your Brain on Religion
Religious belief appears to be a human universal. Like language and other cultural systems, the exact religious beliefs that people hold in their lives depend heavily on early social experiences. Just as we grow up learning to speak the language of our family and community, so it is that we come to accept their religious beliefs as our own. Despite this obviously learned component of religion, the fact that all known societies exhibit some form of religious belief strongly suggests that there’s an innate component to human religiosity. Could it be that our brains are hard-wired for religion? This is the question that Northwestern University neuropsychologist Jordan Grafman and his colleagues explore in a recent article in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science.
from Mises Institute
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED
3 Reasons Why More Secession Means More Freedom
Smaller countries are more dependent on trade and on attracting capital through lower tax rates. This goes against the notion that "nationalists" can use political separation to increase trade barriers and isolate a national economy.
Coerced Confessions: How the Plea Bargain Replaced Physical Torture
When American governments created public police forces one hundred years ago, they often relied on torture to extract confessions. But now they have new methods: threatening to pile on new charges until the defendant takes a plea agreement.
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from Psychology Today
This is Your Brain on Religion
Religious belief appears to be a human universal. Like language and other cultural systems, the exact religious beliefs that people hold in their lives depend heavily on early social experiences. Just as we grow up learning to speak the language of our family and community, so it is that we come to accept their religious beliefs as our own. Despite this obviously learned component of religion, the fact that all known societies exhibit some form of religious belief strongly suggests that there’s an innate component to human religiosity. Could it be that our brains are hard-wired for religion? This is the question that Northwestern University neuropsychologist Jordan Grafman and his colleagues explore in a recent article in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Sue Lani Madsen: Washington’s earlier primary gives voters a chance to make a difference
Washington voters are no longer afterthoughts in the presidential primary season. Along with the other Little Tuesday states of Idaho, North Dakota, Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi that also will vote on March 10, Washington may be pivotal in the 2020 campaign season. And for the first time since the initial presidential preference primary was held in 1992, Democratic votes will count. This year 100% of both Republican and Democratic pledged delegates will be determined by the primary vote.
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Sue Lani Madsen: Washington’s earlier primary gives voters a chance to make a difference
Washington voters are no longer afterthoughts in the presidential primary season. Along with the other Little Tuesday states of Idaho, North Dakota, Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi that also will vote on March 10, Washington may be pivotal in the 2020 campaign season. And for the first time since the initial presidential preference primary was held in 1992, Democratic votes will count. This year 100% of both Republican and Democratic pledged delegates will be determined by the primary vote.
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