“California’s Fair Political Practices Commission on Thursday will announce a settlement in its probe into an $11 million contribution made by a “dark money” nonprofit group in the 2012 elections, according to a source with knowledge of the case. The commission will disclose the deal at a press conference scheduled for noon. The settlement involves an $11 million contribution …
Sex In Japan On The Decline – What Gives?
“Japan’s under-40s appear to be losing interest in conventional relationships. Millions aren’t even dating, and increasing numbers can’t be bothered with sex. For their government, “celibacy syndrome” is part of a looming national catastrophe. Japan already has one of the world’s lowest birth rates. Its population of 126 million, which has been shrinking for the past decade, is projected …
Teachers Quit More Than Most Jobs – There’s A Reason
“Richard Ingersoll taught high-school social studies and algebra in both public and private schools for nearly six years before leaving the profession and getting a Ph.D. in sociology. Now a professor in the University of Pennsylvania’s education school, he’s spent his career in higher ed searching for answers to one of teaching’s most significant problems: teacher turnover. Teaching, Ingersoll …
Climate Change Deniers Denied By LA Times Letters Policy
“For years, scientists have been explaining that our proclivity to burn fossil fuels is causing temperatures to spike and weather to become more extreme, ice caps to melt and the tropics to overheat. All along, an outspoken group of so-called climate-change deniers has countered the science, saying that climate change is a liberal invention with a political agenda. The …
MDMA (Ecstasy/Molly Active Ingredient) To Treat Autism?
“Two major committees have approved a study on the use of MDMA to help autistic adults with social anxiety, according to the organization that hopes to conduct the research. In its most recent newsletter, the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies said the Research Advisory Panel of California and the Institutional Review Board at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center/Los Angeles Biomedical Research …
Grand Bargain Shot Down By Harry Reid
“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ruled out a grand bargain, dismissing it as “all happy talk” in a Nevada public radio interview Thursday. “That’s all happy talk. I would hope that were the case, but we’re not going to have a grand bargain in the near future,” Reid told KNPR radio today. “I hope that we can do some …
Fmr NSA Head Gets Eavesdropped On, Livetweeted
“The man who was once responsible for the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency was giving a background interview during a train ride, but he didn’t notice that a fellow passenger was live tweeting the highlights. In truth, we didn’t learn any secrets from Ret. Gen. Michael Hayden, but Tom Matzzie, who used to work for the …