Robert VerBruggen
Wisconsin native, @MedillSchool alum, @NRO deputy managing editor, @FamStudies research fellow, metalhead, gamer. Dad of two. Tweets my own.
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Medicaid Work Requirements — Results from the First Year in Arkansas | NEJM
Special Report from The New England Journal of Medicine — Medicaid Work Requirements — Results from the First Year in Arkansas
Robert VerBruggen
Survey with a 14% response rate, but a triple-difference design to analyze it, re: the effects of Arkansas Medicaid work requirements.
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The Truth About Conservative Protestant Men and Porn
The public reviews and discussions of Samuel Perry’s new book, Addicted to Lust: Pornography in the Lives of Conservative Protestants, could leave you thinking that conservative Protestant relationships are being ruined by a scourge of misplaced...
Are Trans People Excluded from the World of Dating?
New research explores the extent to which trans people are excluded from dating.
The epic mistake about manufacturing that’s cost Americans millions of jobs
Most people say that automation—not trade—is to blame for American manufacturing's decline. Most people are wrong.
This Man Argues Dads Do More Work Than Moms — LOL, Bye
On the third Sunday of June, we celebrate the fathers who have impacted our lives for the better. Which means over the past weekend, there were plenty of Father's Day tributes on social media, dinners in dads' honor, gifts, etc. It's his day, after…
Why Are So Few People Willing to Date a Transgender Person?
New research explores the extent to which trans people are excluded from dating.
News Flash: The Millennial Sex Recession Is Bullsh*t
Despite what some claim, we’re not lonely, porn-addicted careerists who are too busy to get it on—we’re actually the most sexually fulfilled generation yet.
Halter v. Nebraska, 205 U.S. 34 (1907)
Robert VerBruggen
Really interesting early-1900s case on a state law banning the use of the US flag in advertising.
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Can Dads Have It All?
Or are child-rearing norms making both parents unhappy?
Trump Is Expanding Obamacare . . . in a Good Way
A new rule allows employers to give workers more insurance choices.
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Robert VerBruggen
From me, on an ideologically interesting health-care rule change from the Trump administration
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Some Good Facts about Dads
When you add up housework, child care, and paid work, if anything it’s dads who do more work in total.
This Father's Day, Thank Dad for His Hard Work
Dads are sometimes labeled lazy, but they don't deserve to be, a new research brief from the Institute for Family Studies argues.
Local Police Leave U.S. Task Forces Over No-Body-Cam Rule
The federal government helps fund and train local police agencies in body-camera use but prohibits the devices' use by federal units and joint task forces. Some cities are pulling out of such operations as a result.
Robert VerBruggen
"Federal agents never wear body cameras and prohibit local officers from wearing them on joint operations."
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Research identifies key driver for infanticide among chimpanzees
Research conducted by the University of Kent has suggested that the sexual selection hypothesis for infanticide may be the key driver for the high rate of infant killings among a community of chimpanzees in Uganda.
Intra-community infanticide in wild, eastern chimpanzees: a 24-year review
Infanticide is well documented in chimpanzees and various hypotheses have been proposed to explain this behavior. However, since infanticide by chimpanzees is relatively rare, it has thus far not...
Kamala Harris Would Help Dreamers Get Green Cards — Sometimes at the Expense of Legal Immigrants
Green cards for Dreamers would sometimes come at the expense of other applicants.
Robert VerBruggen
Letting more Dreamers apply for green cards, as Kamala Harris wants to do, will in some cases stop legal immigrants from getting them
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Evidence for distinct biodevelopmental influences on male sexual orientation
Studying individual differences in gender and sexual orientation provides insight into how early-life biology shapes brain and behavior. The literature identifies multiple biodevelopmental influences on male sexual orientation, but these influences...
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Robert VerBruggen
Interesting study on various correlates of male homosexuality (fraternal birth order effect, left-handedness, gay relatives) and how they correspond to other "gender expression and personality traits." pnas.org/content/early/… pic.twitter.com/hNSCOmr5C5
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