In the 1990s, the Clinton administration sharply reduced the number of foreign work visas - the reason was protectionism, the belief that foreign workers were taking American jobs. Things didn't work…

The reason to force young people to buy health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was because they are an easy profit center. They won't use much in the early years but they will when they…

The United Kingdom Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation has  http://blogs.bbsrc.ac.uk/index.php/2014/04/practical-school-science-is-v... Before a bunch of people go off on some…

A short history of IQ - it wasn't the worst thing from 1920s education theory we are still stuck with What to do?  If there is no metric, there is no way to educate http://www.thestar.com/living…

“At this point it would be difficult to revive the project,” Matthew Bunn, a nuclear expert at Harvard University, told Jeff Tollefson at Nature. “All of the people who were working on this project…

The European Union, chided by scientists for wacky science like declaring that cell phones cause cancer, water does not alleviate thirst and you can go to jail if you don't predict an earthquake, is…

In the early days of food labeling and regulations, it was just about mandating honesty. If you go to buy mayonnaise, you shouldn’t have to wonder if it is mayonnaise, the government reasoned, so…

"Privileged" has become one of those words thrown at everyone who has been successful; it's generally a bad idea because it tells people nothing they do matters, social classes and wealth are fixed,…

Could alcohol abstinence campaigns like Dry January may do more harm than good? The Dry January campaign estimates that last year over 2 million people cut down their drinking for January, but…

Campbell Soup Co., which makes a variety of foods including the namesake soups and Prego pasta sauce, has declared their intention to put labels on their foods noting they are “partially produced…