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Shocking or No? Spankings Are Still the Norm for Half of Americans

Kathy Landin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:05:31 +0000

Back in the ’60s, corporal punishment was common practice for a shocking 94 percent of parents in the US. While a lot of us may find this number unsettling, just as many don’t. In fact, half of all parents today admitted to punishing children by “spanking on the bottom with a bare hand” to a telephone poll conducted by the National Institutes for Mental Health.

What Are America's Saddest Cities?

Shauna Wright — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:42:33 +0000

In a recent list of the happiest and saddest cities compiled by Men’s Health, it should come as no shock that residents of Honolulu, Hawaii are the most blissful. But sun, sand, and surf aren’t always enough. In fact, a few of the 10 cities with the unhappiest people have plenty of all three. Using [...]

Is America the Best Country in the World? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:42:29 +0000

According to a survey from the Pew Research Center of 2003 American adults, the idea of American exceptionalism is alive and well among the 48 percent of the country who say the US stands alone as the best country in the world. Fourty-two percent of the poll’s respondents classified America as “one of the greatest countries in [...]

New Survey Says Americans Are The "Coolest" Nationality

Dave Wheeler — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:03:54 +0000

If the world were a high school, the United States would be the popular kids. Belgians, on the other hand, would be the nerdy kids. Get ready to pop that collar, because we are the coolest! According to a new survey conducted by Badoo.com, it found that 30,000 people from around the world believe Americans [...]