Are you registered to vote? Here’s a way to check.

The non-partisan "I vote, you vote" is offering a way to check to see whether you are registered to vote.  At first I wondered whether this site was legitimate, but I entered a few names of known registered voters (including me!) and a few false names and the site was…

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The problems with mass marketing aimed at children

Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood recently revamped its website.  One of the new features includes a fact sheet that provides the following information regarding modern marketing aimed at children (with citations to primary sources): Marketing directly to children is a factor in the childhood obesity epidemic. Marketing also encourages…

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Are we posting too much about the Presidential election?

How many posts at this site have been about the election? I haven't counted them, but there are so many that it almost seems like an obsessive pursuit. It's almost a little embarrassing, especially for a website that does not present itself as a current events or news commentary site.…

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