We’re All Nerds Now
Date: 14 September 2014
By NOAM COHEN
Noam COHEN
News analysis; geek obsessions are increasingly becoming totems of mainstream cool, as can be seen by Apple's unveiling of gadget wristwatch and popularity of Randall P Munroe book What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions; never before has boundary between geek culture and mainstream culture been so porous.
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The Assault Weapon Myth
Date: 14 September 2014
By LOIS BECKETT
Lois BECKETT
News analysis; ban on assault weapons has been popular among voters and was one of pillars of Obama administration's plan to curb gun violence, despite fact that law barring sale of such weapons from 1994 to 2004 made little difference in gun deaths.
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Are Liberal Jewish Voters a Thing of the Past?
Date: 14 September 2014
By JOSEPH BERGER
Joseph BERGER
News analysis; 2012 demographic study by UJA-Federation of New York found that 60 percent of Jewish children in New York City area live in Orthodox homes, which suggests that majority of city's Jews will be Orthodox in a generation; Hasidic population boom is transforming traditional Jewish political profile in New York.
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