Jeremy has been an Internet based writer for the past seven years.
Jeremy Taylor
Facebook Game Leads to Life-Saving Kidney Donation
You can waste a good chunk of your life playing Facebook games such as FarmTown, FarmVille and FarmFarm (okay, we made that last one up). However, in the case of an Idaho woman in need of a new kidney, FarmTown ended up saving her life.
South Carolina and Kentucky Ban Booze on Election Day
An election is the ultimate celebration of democracy. However if you live in South Carolina or Kentucky, booze probably isn't going to be part of your November 6 revelry.
Clinton vs. Reagan: Who Gets Your Vote in the Ex-President Showdown? — Survey of the Day
In a recent Yahoo News and Esquire poll of 1,002 adults, Barack Obama was pitted against Ronald Reagan and Mitt Romney got a hypothetical matchup with Bill Clinton. In both cases, the ex-president defeated the current presidential candidate by a healthy margin.
Which begs the question of who would win a fantasy presidential matchup of Clinton vs. Reagan? Yahoo and Esquire surveyed that, too.
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Do You Have a Religious Affiliation? — Survey of the Day
For the first time in U.S. history, Protestants do not comprise a majority of the population—but not because another religion is about to surpass it. Instead, the fastest-growing religious affiliation in America is, in fact, no religious affiliation.
Have You Ever Been Confused by Text Message Abbreviations? — Survey of the Day
Thanks to text messages, and now Twitter and Facebook, a whole new language of abbreviations has developed. But if you don't know your IMHOs from your YOLOs, you are not alone.
Facebook Reaches One Billion Users
You know what's cool? One billion users.
OK, now that that's out of the way, lets discuss the big Facebook news, which is that the social network recently topped one billion users. This amounts to about 15% of the world's population.
Should Teachers Be Allowed to Strike? — Survey of the Day
Chicago is in the midst of teacher strike that is affecting roughly 350,000 students.
There is some debate over whether the strike is permitted under Illinois law since the unions' list of grievances extends beyond pay and benefits -- which are the only issues they have the legal right to strike over.
Are You Lower, Middle or Upper Class? — Survey of the Day
There has been much discussion and debate about how much damage the great recession did to the middle class. According to a new survey from the Pew Research Center it has certainly affected at least the way Americans view their financial standing...
What Type of School Provides Kids with the Best Education? — Survey of the Day
Every child in the United States is entitled to a free public school education. However, according to a new survey from Gallup of 1012 adults, public schools rate lowest among all the education options children have.