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...mill spam all seem to be in abundant supply on CollegeACB.com (the acronym stands for Anonymous Confession Board). But what sets this site - and others like it - apart from the coarse commentary found on YouTube or, for that matter, a political blog are the personal attacks against private citizens, often with last names included, that leave victims with little recourse aside from demanding that the anonymous comments be taken down. (See a video of the ACB founder...
What used to be whispered on campuses is now broadcast, in the most cowardly way, for anyone with an Internet connection to see. Beverly Low, dean of first-year students at Colgate University, describes the phenomenon as an "electronic bathroom wall." The posts - which are often suffused with racism, sexism and homophobia - can be so vicious and juvenile that Ben Lieber, dean of students at Amherst College, likens them to "the worst of junior high...
...sell. It always has been." According to a 2007 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the topic, "Some experts believed that less than half of all medical care is based on or supported by adequate evidence about its effectiveness." Instead, said the CBO, health care in the U.S. is often motivated by factors like "enthusiasm for the newest technology" and a fee-for-service payment system that rewards doctors based not on outcomes but the number and price of treatments they prescribe and perform...
...status quo won't be easy to change, largely because evidence-based medicine often runs counter to our personal understanding of risk. It's intuitively difficult for a woman in her 40s to stop getting annual mammograms when she is fully aware that they could save her life. Feeding this instinct is the relentless effort on the part of doctors and disease advocacy groups to promote preventive-health behaviors. Many feel the push may have done the public a disservice by instilling the belief that screenings are purely beneficial. "We have not rounded out that discussion with the American public...
...Some countries, however, are no longer as willing to extend a red carpet toward the globetrotting Chinese. Although political strings might not come with Beijing's cash, there are economic catches. The roads, mines and other infrastructure on offer are most often built by armies of imported Chinese labor, cutting down on the net financial benefit to recipient nations. Chinese companies investing abroad also tend to ship in nearly everything used on building sites, from packs of dehydrated noodles to the telltale pink-hued Chinese toilet paper. It's not only the contracted Chinese workers who show up, either. Within...