The Wired Science blog reports on a new study that links childhood poverty with impaired cognitive development. Bad news for the 1.4 billion people worldwide who live on less than $1.25 a day (according to the World Bank), not to mention the hundreds of millions of proletarians in the west who struggle to survive [...]
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Postally speaking, I lead a quiet life. Now and then I get a letter from my parents or a book I’ve ordered. Usually they’re accompanied by a couple items of junk mail. Recently, however, I spiced up my postal life by taking out a NetFlix subscription. Today as I opened my mailbox to retrieve [...] For good or ill, this site is stuck with what might be considered a controversial name. There are two reasons for the name Dictatorship Now! First, the name is something of a parody of the liberal radio program Democracy Now!. This isn’t arbitrary, however — in every conceivable way, the communist movement stands opposed [...] |
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