We need to bring learning to people instead of people to learning
Gamblers spend 10 percent less on food; 25 percent less on clothing and 35 percent less on savings
Gambling interests hire lots of economists to do impact studies, but what you need is cost-benefit analysis, and you'll never see the industry finance those
The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind
The casinos are walking out of states with at least $1 billion in their pockets to Las Vegas
It is not economic development; it's about taking money out of the consumer economy and shipping it off to Las Vegas
Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year
I had never heard anyone play like Benny Goodman and had never seen anyone like him on the stage. I realize now that what impressed me and stayed with me in memory was - the sounds he made. He played so purely. The music seemed to come from him, not just the instrument he played with such mastery.
There are a lot of influences from different countries in my music. For example, I chose the guitar in my music, I think that it is a feminine instrument, so when I do not sing, the music expresses my voice.
Digital photography and Photoshop have made it very easy for people to take pictures. It's a medium that allows a lot of mediocre stuff to get through.
The New Deal never rethought the draconian racist immigration restriction policies of the 20s, of course, but its electoral base rested significantly on "ethnic" voters, whose activism was both hemmed in and rewarded by the Democrats. Southern and Eastern Europeans were included as secondary leaders of the new industrial unions, and as entitled citizens qualified for social security, unemployment compensation, and fair labor standards protections, even as workers of color were largely left out of key areas of the welfare state.