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Hillary Clinton, Ready for an Iowa Panderfest

Hillary finished third in Iowa the last time around, trailing a then-obscure senator named Barack Obama and a soon-to-be-disgraced former senator named John Edwards. This time, whether or not she faces any real competition, she’s prepared to pander properly to Iowans.

Maymo, a lemon beagle, poses for a shame illustration in Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts, in this photo provided by Jeremy Lakaszcyck of Boston. He has been putting shaming videos of Maymo on YouTube since late 2011

Ashamed of ‘Is Shame Necessary’

The new book “Is Shame Necessary?” promises to give the reader, its subhead says: “New Uses for an Old Tool.” But it’s really just old whines in a new cover.

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Are Smart Phones Making Humans Stupid?

In his recent book, The Glass Cage, Nicholas Carr goes into frightening detail about the dangers of relying on smart phones to think for us. If we’re not careful, humans may find we can no longer think on our own.

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Washington, D.C. Is Full Of…

The National Park Service plans to use specially trained border collies to herd geese into designated areas. That should might it easier to clean up their droppings.

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House Passes $3.8 Trillion Budget, Senate Up Next

The House of Representatives passed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2016 on Wednesday. The final House measure calls for $96 billion in Pentagon spending, much more than the $58 billion President Obama’s budget calls for.

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Only A Third of Voters Want Lynch Confirmed as AG, Survey Says

A new Rasmussen survey indicates voters are in no hurry to see Lynch sworn in to replace Eric Holder as AG. “Just 33 percent of Likely U.S. Voters believe the Senate should confirm the federal prosecutor from Brooklyn, N.Y., to be the nation’s highest law enforcement officer,” the poll of 1,000 likely voters finds.