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Cable news reached an all new level of self-satire and hackery this week as various daytime "serious" anchors mindlessly repeated the phrase "touch my junk" over and over. Years of journalism training, internships and advanced education and they're repeating "touch my junk" in the context of a videotaped airport security fracas.And, speaking of journalistic integrity, "touch my junk" was featured between repeat airings of the brain-shrinkingly stupid commercial for abstinence featuring "The Situation" and Bristol Palin, both of whom are famous for their, you know, virginity. But good job, anyway, cable news people. Nailed it. You must be very proud.More...

When Your 'Junk' Is Touched at the Airport, Thank a Republican

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A new "marriage gap" in the United States is increasingly aligned with a growing income gap.Marriage, while declining among all groups, remains the norm for adults with a college education and good income but is now markedly less prevalent among those with less income and education, according to a new Pew Research Center study. The report is based on a new nationwide survey, conducted in association with TIME, and complemented by an analysis of demographic and economic data from the U.S. Census Bureau.More...

Marriage-Income Link: Adults With Good Income, College Education More Likely To Marry

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When I first became involved as an attorney and public advocate for the for-profit career colleges who are the target of the Department of Education's "gainful employment" (GE) regulations, I believed - as a liberal Democrat - that there was a basis for reasonable regulation of excessive student debt and abuses.In an earlier commentary about the GE regulations, I warned that the rules, as currently written, would have a paradoxical effect on the progressive Obama administration.  I also detailed many of the problems with GE at some length, including an explanation of how the regulations would disproportionally hurt minorities and lower income students who predominantly attend for-profit career colleges.More...

Time for a Re-Do on "Gainful Employment"