Breast-Feeding Could Mean 4 IQ Points At Age 7
A study found that the longer mothers exclusively breast-fed their babies, the better those children did on vocabulary and intelligence tests later. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP/Getty Images / July 29,...
View ArticleObamacare: "It's a trainwreck."
The Republican claim that Obamacare is a trainwreck belies existential fear of its pending success.If The Affordable Care Act is a trainwreck, why all the ranting?Why not take a "box seat," wait for...
View ArticleEza Klein's Overview of Obamacare Politicking
Welcome to Wonkbook, Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas’s morning policy news primer. Send comments, criticism, or ideas to Wonkbook at Gmail dot com. To read more by Ezra and his team, go to Wonkblog.July 30,...
View ArticlePope Francis: New Bar For Forgiveness Includes Forgetting
A bishop watches live video of Pope Francis on his tablet as he waits for Francis to arrive for a meeting with Brazilian cardinals and bishops at Sao Joaquim Palace in Rio de Janeiro. (Domenico...
View ArticleObamacare Spin 101: Are premiums really cheap – or insanely expensive?
Obamacare is Romneycare"Vast Majority of Massachusetts Residents Like...
View ArticlePRI: Poll finds vast majority of Massachusetts residents like Romneycare
New polling suggests that Mitt Romney's healthcare reform law in Massachusetts, which President Barack Obama has held up as a model for his plan, is supported by an overwhelming margin by Massachusetts...
View ArticleDoubling McDonald's Salaries Would Cause Your Big Mac To Cost Just 68¢ More:...
Lovin' cheap - and cheapening - consumerism... more than economic justice.***Alan: 34% of Americans would not pay an additional 68 cents for a Big Mac even though this trivial sum would double the...
View ArticleThe Borowitz Report: Scalia Offers To Help Pope Judge Gays
WASHINGTON — Responding to Pope Francis’s suggestion that the Pope is not capable of judging gays, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia contacted the Vatican today to say that he would be “more than...
View ArticleHealthcare Costs Register First Decline In 40 Years
Medical Costs Register First Decline Since 1970s by Eric MorathU.S. consumers’ health-care costs fell in May for the first time in almost four decades, the latest evidence that government policies and...
View ArticleRev. Pat Robertson Approves Transgendering
Pat Robertson On Transgender Community: 'I Don't Think There's Any Sin Associated With That'The Huffington Post | By Cavan SieczkowskiPosted: 07/29/2013 This is certainly one of Pat Robertson's most...
View ArticleOnce Again, Arkansas At The Cutting Edge Of Progress
Christian Science MonitorGuns in schools: Arkansas district will arm 20 teachers and staffClarksville school district is the latest rural school in a conservative state to give teachers handguns. But...
View ArticleAfghan Youth Orchestra: From A Land Where Music Was Banned — To Carnegie Hall
Afghanistan's youth orchestra performs in Kabul on Jan. 31. The orchestra is coming to the U.S. and will appear at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.by SEAN CARBERRYFebruary 03, 2013In Afghanistan,...
View ArticleEstela Pyfrom's "Brilliant Bus." Retired Teacher Spends Savings On Mobile School
CNN Hero: Estella PyfromSTORY HIGHLIGHTSEstella Pyfrom's mobile computer lab is for those who lack computer, Internet accessThe "Brilliant Bus" helps poor students improve their grades, prepare for...
View ArticleIreland finally admits state collusion in Magdalene Laundry system
Magdalene Survivors Together members hold copies of the Government report on Tuesday. Photograph: Niall Carson/PAHenry McDonald in DublinThe Guardian, Tuesday 5 February 2013 15.50 ESTJump to comments...
View ArticleExaggerating The Threat Of Al Qaeda
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is home to the U.S. naval base that has heldterror suspects since January 2002. Early in the war on terror, the Bush administration argued these detainees were "enemy combatants"...
View ArticleOnce Again, Tennessee At The Forefront Of Progress
Owner Sends 'Gay' Dog To Be Euthanized The Huffington Post | By Cavan SieczkowskiPosted: 01/31/2013A Tennessee dog owner sent his pet to be euthanized because he suspected the dog was "gay."...
View ArticleChina Burns As Much Coal As Rest Of World Combined
China burns half of coal consumption worldwide, figures showChina overtook the US as the world's biggest carbon emitter in 2007 and became world's largest energy consumer in 2010Adam...
View ArticleAmericans, The U.S. Government, And Extraterrestrials Here On Earth
Great Movie!http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1010678-invasion_of_the_body_snatchers/***43% of Americans say the government is "definitely" or "probably" concealing the existence of extraterrestrial life...
View Article"The F Word"
Ladies and Gentlemen, The President Of The United Stateshttp://politicalhumor.about.com/od/bushvideos/v/bushflipbird.htm***David Stoltze professor of family medicine at University of New Mexico's...
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