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[snip] Thanks for nothing. John Nichols summarizes University of Wisconsin findings from the month before last month’s election (the nation.com/blogs): “Local newscasts in seven Midwest markets aired 4 minutes, 24 seconds of paid political ads during the typical 30-minute broadcast while dedicating an average of 1 minute, 43 seconds to election news coverage”–and most of that was horse-race news. –Harold Henderson | hhenderson@chicagoreader.com
[snip] Everything old is new again. “While finding a date has never been easier, finding a future spouse has become much more challenging,” write sociologists Arnout van de Rijt and Vincent Buskens in a recent issue of Rationality and Society. “The rise of the market for short-term relationships has jeopardized the market for long-term relationships. . . . Those who desire more than casual intimacy can no longer be certain that the other has similar desires.” Their solution? “Embeddedness,” meaning the people you can trust most are those who have a lot of the same friends and acquaintances. –HH
