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National Rifle Association News contributor Billy “I’m a thinker” Johnson has a new idea for education in America: Give everyone a gun, starting with kids. “Gun policy driven by our need for guns would insist that we introduce young people to guns early and that we’d give them the...

The sluggish U.S. economic recovery just claimed another job. Bill Simon, CEO of Walmart U.S., is stepping down, Walmart announced on Thursday. Simon's tenure was marked by a long stretch of poor performance, but bad luck might have played a role in that: He held the post during a particularly...

No.

"I do not care about the output of your cognitive biases, I am disinterested in the myths you cherish, I care little for the mass media rumors that influence you, or the heuristics you believe in. I especially detest the unsupported, commonly believed narratives that you constantly use in the...

Why don't you give that another try?

I saw that. On the face of it, it has good points. But this is Paul Ryan, so I'll wait for the other shoe to drop.

If the state helps them to actually find jobs, great.

Depends on how you define "bullshit" and "crap". Ask a serious question and I'll attempt to provide a serious answer.

There's something so Pavlovian about so many of these responses.

The Democrats of 160 years ago can hardly be compared to today's Democrats. Ditto with Republicans. The cartoon was about "incentives", not who's applying them.

In Cain's case, however, one could argue that his success stemmed from having exceptional parents, and in Carson's case, his mother.

Since the reasons are based on religious objections, no, they should not have a say. Or don't pay for any sort of contraceptives at all and make them available OTC.

Who said anything about Democrats?

Actually, to go WAY off-topic, it's not so much the starch as it is the fructose. Starch per se is not as much a consideration as whether or not the carbohydrate is simple or complex. And, yes, community gardens would be great, which would also be something governments could subsidize without...

Whether it's 16 or 5 or 19 is beside the point, which is that a bunch of theocrats, usually men, have no right to tell these women that their insurance will not pay for these options.

Which relates to the thread on Repubs understanding so little of how poor people live. If I were struggling, I would not be turning to kale and celery sticks to make myself feel better.

That's excellent. But it's only one store. There are nearly a quarter million.

Nothing like incentives.

“Food desert” is a term commonly used to describe communities with little or no access to healthy food, including fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and diary products. Millions of Americans — mostly poor, many African-Americans — live in these areas. In fact, the United States Department...

Or we could force them to stand in line with 300 other people to get $20 worth of fruit and vegetables which they cannot otherwise afford, if they have access to it at all. It's no different from standing in line for free ice cream :)