Will people pay for what was free?


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Every Thursday afternoon, I return home from a mentally taxing hour-plus of political philosophy (Marx, anyone?), cozy up in my bed with my laptop, click on my bookmarked link to Hulu and watch the most recent episode of Glee. With this routine, I can get through even the darkest of weeks. Glee, no doubt the […]

Government tax on soft drinks gets canned


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We are fat. This is according to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that reveals 63 percent of adult Americans have a body mass index in excess of 25.0, and are therefore overweight. And the fact that obesity in American children has tripled in the past 30 years. Or a […]

Do-it-yourself projects leave many dangling


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Ikea tapped into an incredible market when it decided to sell inexpensive, nice-looking furniture to anyone willing to assemble it and explain to their friends why their sofa is named “pëgfardj.” But Ikea furniture is a shortcut like any other, and what you get when you lug home a box of lumber pieces is a […]

To the doctor or the web?


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Studies show that the Internet aggrevates hypochondria, as sites take up the role of doctors.