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Let’s Give Black World War II Vets What We Promised

The New Republic 

In 1944 President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, popularly known as the G.I. Bill. The G.I. Bill doubled the number of bachelor’s degrees in 1950 compared to 1940 (i.e., before the United States entered the war) and allowed veterans to buy houses with low interest rates and no money down, expanding homeownership from 44 percent of households in 1940 to 55 percent in 1950. The bill prevented a return to the Great Depression, lifted millions of American families into the middle class... Читать дальше...

The D.C. Pandas Might Have Changed My Mind About Zoos

The New Republic 

The American Museum of Natural History devotes three of its grand, dim halls to skin, feathers, and fur. The museum’s dioramas, boxes of manufactured nature, are some of the most famous displays of taxidermy in the world. The animals inside them were hunted by imperialistic, monocle-wearing idiots in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, brought here from Africa and Asia and across the Americas, and skinned and stretched over sculpted molds. Their marble eyes have been glinted and their poses curated. Читать дальше...

How a MAGA School-Board Racial “Scandal” in Virginia Belly Flopped

The New Republic 

A year ago, Fox News and other Fox-adjacent outlets broke a story alleging reverse discrimination in Virginia high school admissions, with Asians as the purported victims. It was based on complaints by a parent of a student at the elite Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology in Fairfax. The beef was that the school had failed to notify families of their students’ receipt of National Merit Scholarship awards in time for the awards to be reported on college early admission forms. Читать дальше...



How Veterans Found a Second Career in Advertising and Marketing

Adweek.com 

The military can be a great training ground for many careers. Veterans have made successful shifts to careers in security, supply chain, IT, manufacturing and law enforcement, among others. But going from the military directly to the advertising industry isn't necessarily a natural transition. Veterans are peppered everywhere in advertising and marketing, from planners and...

Have a good weekend

Chemjobber.blogspot.com 

What a nutty week for me, but it's not a bad one. Let's hope that you had a great week, and that you have a great weekend. See you on Monday. 

YouTube Gold: Today’s So Nice Let’s Do It Twice

Duke Basketball Report 

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 6: Tyrese Proctor #5 of the Duke Blue Devils dribbles up court against the Dartmouth Big Green at Cameron Indoor Stadium on November 6, 2023 in Durham, North Carolina. Duke won 92-54. | Photo by Lance King/Getty Images

Because both are too good not to use today.

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Was Thomas Hobbes Too Optimistic?

Time.com 

The English philosopher's analysis about the state of nature resonates today, but if anything he wasn't pessimistic enough.

Why the Sky’s the Limit for Nvidia Stock

InvestorPlace 

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Shares of microchip and semiconductor company Nvidia continue to defy gravity, having risen 225% year-to-date and leading the overall market higher in 2023.

The post Why the Sky’s the Limit for Nvidia Stock appeared first on InvestorPlace.

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The 3 Best Energy Stocks for Income Investors

InvestorPlace 

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Energy stocks might not be popular now with falling oil prices, but these three names will provide you with income.

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