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the futile search for the goldilocks employee
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the futile search for the goldilocks employee

Companies are becoming so unreasonably picky that management experts and consultants are alarmed. Potential employees should be too.

why atheism continues its steady rise
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why atheism continues its steady rise

Religious fundamentalists are deeply offended that people no longer fear them and feel free to criticize their worst habits.

why our healthcare is perpetually broken
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why our healthcare is perpetually broken

A healthcare system based on arbitrary networks and prices, and who everyone avoids fixing under sociopathic pretenses is bound to be perpetually broken.

to sate appetites for war, bring back the draft?
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to sate appetites for war, bring back the draft?

Would a draft really discourage more Americans from supporting wars abroad?

why saving on space exploration is a mistake
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why saving on space exploration is a mistake

Trying to balance the national budget by cutting space exploration is like trying to pay off a mortgage with spare change from your couch and forgoing a raise.

when voters just won’t care about the issues
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when voters just won’t care about the issues

Politico sounds the alarm on ignorant voters, the voters who refuse to follow the news and won't even try to learn how their government works.

why the accommodationists still don’t get it…
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why the accommodationists still don’t get it…

Michael Ruse once again shows us why accommodationists don't understand science and how it works, and don't want to understand it.

why scientists won’t be elected in the u.s.
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why scientists won’t be elected in the u.s.

American voters want scientists to solve their problems out of sight and out of mind. They certainly don't want them in office.

the conspiracy theories of rabid partisans
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the conspiracy theories of rabid partisans

Conspiracy ideation is at its purest form when it comes to partisan politics.

the fundamentalist problem of a modern society
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the fundamentalist problem of a modern society

People of faith contribute to society in countless ways. Fundamentalists, however, are a millstone around its neck.

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