Today's "well, duh" entry. A study from South Korea finds that shortening the work week does not necessarily result in happier workers. The reason?
Partially, the lack of impact on overall happiness could be due to companies reducing the number of hours their employees worked, but not the amount of work they were required to complete.
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Guess we knew this was coming:
Even before the school bells are ringing for many families, retailers are sounding sleigh bells.
Yes, that's right. With 120-plus shopping days left, stores are already talking up their holiday offers.
I know complaints about the earlier and earlier start of the Christmas season are getting tirsome, but, c'mon! August? This just in: Black Friday sales are being moved to the labor Day weekend.
Bradley or Chelsea, you're still a traitor:
Now, why in the world did I read an interview with Al Gore by Ezra Klein about global warming and not see this coming?
So finally it's come to this. Daniel Boone is seen by some as offensive:
Is a cartoon-like college mascot reminiscent of Daniel Boone -- right down to the legendary coonskin cap -- racist, sexist or otherwise offensive?
I don't think this is as big a deal as some people will make it out to be:
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The members of the Supreme Court continue to communicate with one another through memos printed on ivory paper even as they face the prospect of hearing cases related to emerging technology and electronic snooping in the years to come, Justice Elena Kagan said Tuesday.
Nothing much about the human condition throws me -- I've seen enough strange turns in my lifetime to know just about anything is possible. Once in a while, though, something comes along that is stunning enough to make feel really old and out of it. This is one:
This isn't exactly a shocking headline; it could have been written any time in the last 50 years and, come to think of it, has been, many times: The war on drugs has been a failure:
Will the last one leaving please turn out the lights before you go? Oh, wait, that could be me:
This could be the final blow to paper and ink news: Reporters graduating out of journalism school and headed to work at newspapers and magazines don't read print media, with over seven of 10 choosing digital news and social media websites instead, the highest number ever, according to an authoritative new study.
