Stephanie Curtis“In effect, to increase the number of cabin seats, the space allotted to each passenger must be reduced. However, this reduced comfort remains tolerable for the passengers in as much as the flight lasts only one or a few hours.” Read more →
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Zoë PetersonI reached out to several people, looking for an array of opinions on what it means to be a man in America today. Read more →
Stop mocking all of us parents sitting on lawn chairs on the sidelines. We changed America. Read more →
Eric RinghamLast Friday’s killings near the University of California in Santa Barbara generated an outpouring of Tweets using the hashtag #YesAllWomen. Read more →
With medical marijuana (and, in some states, recreational marijuana) gaining acceptance, and same-sex marriage gathering momentum around the country, what about other long-established points on the liberal-conservative fault line? Specifically, is support for capital punishment shrinking? No. Or at least not by much. Harry Enten at the statistic-driven blog FiveThirtyEight notes that capital punishment is Read more →
Maddy MahonIt seems nothing short of spooky that a giant jet could simply vanish and we’d be left waiting to find some sort of physical evidence. Read more →
The Guardian’s Heidi Moore – a frequent guest on The Daily Circuit – published an op-ed piece last week on why she’s decided to boycott broadcasts of the Sochi Olympics. While most of us are tuning in to follow everything from figure skating to the luge competitions, Moore argues that Russia’s stance on gay rights and the Read more →
Emily KaiserSend a picture, a Vine or an Instagram photo or video and tell us what you’ve made new out of old. Read more →
“A 2009 study of campus sexual assault found that by the time they are seniors, almost 20 percent of college women will become victims, overwhelmingly of a fellow classmate. Very few will ever report it to authorities. The same study states that more than 80 percent of campus sexual assaults involve alcohol.” Read more →
Melissa TownsendOn Wednesday The Daily Circuit aired a show marking the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. To prepare, we talked with three local residents who were involved in the events of that day. Craig Neal was a high school senior in suburban New Jersey. He traveled by bus to Read more →