Quick Study: A Look at the Lottery
If your recession-survival plan includes buying scratch-off lottery tickets, you've got company.
Quick Study: Air Traffic Control
How does air traffic control work? RD takes a look at the history of controllers and how flights get delayed.
By Gabriel Sherman in Reader's Digest - July 2008
Quick Study: Alternative Energy
With $4-a-gallon gas, global warming, and war in the Middle East, America seems eager (finally) to kick its addiction to oil and other fossil fuels. Here's where we are and where we're going with alternative energy sources.
By Joseph K. Vetter in Reader's Digest - November 2008
Every ten years, the U.S. government essentially takes attendance, using results to distribute seats in the House of Representatives and $400 billion in federal aid. Will this year’s census make some people angry? We can count on it.
By Mark Lasswell in Reader's Digest
What a weak dollar means to you.
By Harry Hurt III in Reader's Digest - September 2008
Quick Study: Lobbying's Long Arm
An in-depth look into policy clears up the implications behind lobbying.
By Mark Lasswell in Reader's Digest - January 2009
Even before sacking the U.S.-flagged Maersk, high-seas thieves had been plenty busy hijacking loaded ships in sparsely patrolled waters. Learn why this centuries-old scourge is back—and its human and financial toll.
By Mark Lasswell in Reader's Digest - July 2009
Quick Study: Polls and Politics
Why you can't trust polls (except when you can).
By Joseph K. Vetter in Reader's Digest
Quick Study: Standardized Tests
If you think your kids need to spend more time penciling in answer bubbles, the College Board has granted your wish.
By Joseph K. Vetter in Reader's Digest - March 2009
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