- East Germany - "We Ain't Got Dames" (Part of Mark Steyn's "Demographic Deathwatch")
A new disease is abroad in eastern Germany: "Frauenmangel," lack of women. In some towns there are only 75 young women for every 100 young men. In one or two there are as few as 40. The effects are worrying, not only because populations may shrink but also because of the existence of a growing underclass of young men who are partnerless, underqualified and jobless.
- Studies Find Infants Begin Lying at Six Months (HT: Drudge)
Whether lying about raiding the biscuit tin or denying they broke a toy, all children try to mislead their parents at some time. Yet it now appears that babies learn to deceive from a far younger age than anyone previously suspected.
Behavioural experts have found that infants begin to lie from as young as six months. Simple fibs help to train them for more complex deceptions in later life. (MORE)