Random links
- Is Europe proof that intact families don’t really matter?
- "From the point of view of the child, parents who never had a wedding but stayed together are arguably more “married” than parents who had a wedding but split while the child was growing up. ... there is a huge variation across Europe in out of wedlock birth rates and a much smaller variation in the percent of adolescents living with both parents. ... all European countries have a higher percentage of adolescents living with both parents than the US"
- Venezuela's Maduro pledges action on women's hair thieves
- "The thieves sell the hair - sometimes stolen at gunpoint - to salons where it is used for extensions and wigs."
- Are yellow teeth stronger?
- "The strongest teeth are natural, healthy ones and these teeth are not white. At least, not white like the colour of paper, or even the colour of piano keys."
- When welfare pays better than work
- "someone in New York would have to earn more than $21 per hour to be better off than they would be on welfare.That’s more than the average statewide entry-level salary for a teacher ... Nationwide, our study found that the wage-equivalent value of benefits for a mother and two children ranged from a high of $60,590 in Hawaii to a low of $11,150 in Idaho. In 33 states and the District of Columbia, welfare pays more than an $8-an-hour job. In 12 states and DC, the welfare package is more generous than a $15-an-hour job."