2 Finnish and 1 Austrian Hostage Freed in Yemen

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Officials report that the hostages were not harmed, and are now in an Austrian Hospital recovering.

Why Working Parents Have It Hard in America

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The United States is the only country of the world’s leading 34 economies to not offer paid parental leave

Why Do Men and Women Want Different Things?

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Do we choose our partners based on adaptations humans formed a million years ago, or on the realities of modern life?

“Why are these men so alienated that they need to express themselves through mass homicide?”

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This is a comment by Nick, mostly on the post “Open Thread: Should Certain Guns be Against the Law?” and by Jed Diamond on the post “Not a Joke: Why Do Our Boys Keep Up the Mass Shootings?”

Is the Scandinavian Economic Model Better?

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A 21 year-old from Finland becomes an internet sensation by pointing out the obvious.

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Scandinavia is putting the rest of the world to shame with their yearly coffee consumption.

American Students Are Average

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The results really shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone.