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...advisory panel voted unanimously last spring to approve the drug for over-the-counter sale, which only underscores the unacceptable interference of politics in the FDA’s previous decision. While opponents worry that over-the-counter availability of the drug will result in more risky sexual behavior amongst teenagers, here it seems that science also disagrees. In a six-month study of women who were given a supply of emergency contraception to keep at home, researchers found that they were no more likely to have unprotected sex than those without unrestricted access to the drug. Other studies have...
...spent years in the dusty streets of Gaza and the noisy synagogues of Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods, documenting the divisions between Israelis and other Israelis, and the rifts amongst the Palestinians. From the actions of the people I met in those places, I realized that neither side of this conflict can make the other side change. But they can change their own societies and, in doing so, they can bring peace closer...
While Mehlman cited Republican inability to assuage young voters’ fears about a military draft as a major weakness, Cahill touted the strength of Kerry’s support amongst the youth. “Among voters 18-30, Gore was plus two [percentage points],” Cahill said. “Kerry was plus nine...
Here at Harvard, where a 750 SAT math score is a skeleton to be locked firmly in the closet, one might be forgiven for thinking math is pretty easy. Yet beware! For amongst you—in every pore of the social fabric—lurk the mathematically disinclined. A recent Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) survey serves to remind the forgetful just how awful Americans are at math. The U.S. came in 24th out of the 29 OECD countries ranked...
...change by modifying the formula that qualifies students for federal Pell Grants—important, often vital, government college-aid awards based on financial need. Under the proposed changes, students whose parents make between $25,000 and $30,000 will receive less funding. But the largest changes will be amongst those who earn between $30,000 and $45,000—no fortune in light of the high cost of American tuition. 84,000 students stand to lose their grants altogether. Given that the Pell Grants have not kept up with inflation and, more importantly, the rapidly increasing costs...