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Most people would find it difficult to hide a life-changing secret from their mothers, but B.J. Averell ’02 is no ordinary person. For months, he managed to prevent his mom—as well as friends and millions of viewers—from finding out that he had won CBS’s “The Amazing Race 9,” a fact revealed on Wednesday night’s season finale. Averell visited his parents in New Jersey last week and found himself battered by maternal speculation. “She kept asking...
...dearth of utilitarian logic behind smoking bans doesn’t prevent the self-righteous paternalists, who argue that smokers need to be saved from themselves. After England passed a total ban on smoking in public places, The Guardian newspaper congratulated parliamentarians on rescuing citizens: “[Smokers] need not just encouragement to stop, but help.” Why not cut to the chase and ban cigarettes altogether...
Ultimately, smoking bans represent far more than a minor inconvenience to smokers; this neo-prohibitionism paves the road to far greater somatic oppression, because it sanctifies the violation of personal liberty and private property to prevent private harms and freely-chosen dangers. Inventing “rights” to protect—customers’ and workers’ so-called right to a smoke-free environment—self-appointed health-nannies want the power to impose their personal preferences on everyone...
...includes a “Hotness” function, whereby the sum of “hot” (+1) and “not hot” (-1) votes is displayed, unless it is a negative, in which case the site shows up a zero in order to prevent embarrassment for the not-so-pretty professors. The Central Michigan study found that the correlation between “Quality” and “Easiness” was 0.61 and that between “Quality” and “Sexiness?...
...stepmother can take a month off work to care for her sick stepson, thanks to the federal law on Family Leave. But if she has to take her stepson to the emergency room, state law might prevent her from authorizing medical treatment. And if her son ends up dying due to hospital negligence...