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An Easy [And Eye Damaging] Way to Kill Sales on Your Site
A reader laments: What is it with this horrible trend to put website text in gray? Marketers have known for years that black text on white background is best. So they come out with gray, and now I can hardly read anything on the web without squinting or having to literally cut and paste it […]
Continue readingThe Destructive Consequences of a Crushing Welfare State
The modern welfare state has created a class of lazy people who feel they are entitled to government benefits even though they add no productive value to society. The longer a person leeches onto social programs, the more idle they become. Being paid for idleness is habit-forming. Eventually, such people begin to feel as if […]
Continue readingWhy “Cultural Literacy” is Important & Makes Life Richer
Last week I saw a brilliant headline: “Dreamliner Deferred” The headline alluded to Boeing’s troubled 787 Dreamliner. The FAA recently grounded all 787s currently in service due to multiple problems, most notably fires caused by lithium-ion batteries. But if this was all you knew about the headline, you’d still be missing a big part of […]
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