As the debate over replacing the Affordable Care Act continues, one thing has become clear: The idea of single payer health care is winning; meanwhile, thanks to industrialization, new colors were added to a global palette. These discoveries and more after the jump.

Socialized Medicine Has Won the Health Care Debate Lindsey Graham and the Republicans tried to use the “S-word” to scare Americans about health care. It doesn’t work anymore.

Heterosexuals Deserve Our Support Australians are currently deciding whether our laws should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry, and the debate is proving to be only one degree more civilized than a cage fight.

Welcome To The Age of Cheap Overseas Information Thanks to the rise of platforms like Facebook and Google, a growing amount of information being created for Americans is coming from overseas.

Yet Another Major Russia Story Falls Apart. Is Skepticism Permissible Yet? Last Friday, most major media outlets touted a major story about Russian attempts to hack into U.S. voting systems, based exclusively on claims made by the Department of Homeland Security.

Vietnam War Protesters Have Nothing to Apologize For When patriotism and pro-war become synonymous.

California Board Approves 10 Textbook Families, Rejects 2 A California education panel recently recommended that 10 families of textbooks receive the state’s blessing after incorporating dozens of changes requested by LGBT groups and Hindus.

Larry David and Death Row: The Amazing Tale of How Curb Saved One Man’s Life Long Shot, the latest TV sensation, has just landed on Netflix – and it’s Curb Your Enthusiasm: the true crime documentary.

You Now See Colors That Once Didn’t Exist Industrialization changed the world’s palette, adding an array of synthetic hues to the universal, more natural, color scheme.

UN Sent Warning Letter to 150 Companies for Doing Business in Israeli Settlements Israeli officials say some of the companies responded to the UN human rights commissioner by saying they won’t renew their contracts in Israel.

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