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Organized Labor
The decline of oragnaized labor -- whatever its shortcomings -- will be accompanied by the degradation of common folk.It is already happening.Unlike earlier generations, an increasing number of common...
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John Lennon: What He Wanted To Be When He Grew Up
Lennon Quoteshttp://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/19968.John_Lennon***“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I...
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University of Toronto Psychologists Identify The Best Way To Study
University of Toronto(My alma mater)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_toronto******What's the most effective method of studying?Scientific American magazineMagazine · 400,123...
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"Just Thinking About Science Triggers Moral Behavior," Scientific American
"Research is adoration."Teilhard de Chardin,...
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"Where Trust Is High, Crime And Corruption Are Low," PEW Global Attitudes Survey
Where Trust is High, Crime and Corruption are LowSince Communism's Fall, Social Trust Has Fallen in Eastern Europeby Richard Wike, Associate Director and Kathleen Holzwart, Research Analyst, Pew Global...
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Baby In Stroller Shot Dead In Brooklyn, New York. (BBC)
Handguns are designed, specifically, to kill human beings.***"Gun Cartoons and Gun Violence Bibliography"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/07/gun-cartoons-and-gun-violence.html***Continue...
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In Paso Robles, Vineyards' Thirst Pits Growers Against Residents
CAPTIONS1/7With little if any rainfall, the Paso Robles region must rely on an ancient aquifer for water. As the water table drops and wells go dry, residents seek to curb use by the area's...
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Irish Poet Seamus Heaney's Last Words: "Nolo Timere"
)Ireland mourned the loss of its Nobel laureate poet Seamus Heaney with equal measures of poetry and pain Monday in a funeral full of grace notes and a final message from the great man himself: Don't...
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Climate Change 'Driving Spread Of Crop Pests'
The team looked at more than 600 pests, including the Colorado potato beetleContinue reading the main storyRelated StoriesAdvance in battle against wheat pestPlant pests: The biggest threatsCan science...
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Who's Gonna Pay For Journalism? ("On The Media" Encore Report)
WHO’S GONNA PAY FOR THIS STUFF?Play00:11 / 52:06ListenAddDownloadEmbedStream m3uEnlarge(Scott J Waldron/flickr)This week, an encore of our special hour on the incredible volume of media available to...
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Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton: The One Story I Recommend Above Others
Rape victim Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cottonwho spent 17 years in prison for the crime.***Alan: If I could persuade Christians to contemplate only "one story," it would be Jennifer Thompson's...
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Diana Nyad completes Cuba-Florida swim
Diane Nyad jumps into the ocean at the Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club in Havana in September 2011. She was making her third attempt.Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida...
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NYT: Diana Nyad Completes Cuba-to-Florida Swim. Average Speed: 2.1 Miles Per...
Andrew Innerarity/ReutersSpectators surrounded Diana Nyad as she reached the shore of Key West, Fla. on Monday after her 110 mile swim from Cuba.By LIZETTE ALVAREZPublished: September 2, 2013MIAMI —...
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Women Sell Positive Pregnancy Tests On Craigslist For $25. Lots Of Motivated...
Drug deals: Women are selling used pregnancy tests on CraigslistOne seller writes 'Wanna get your boyfriend to pop the question?', while some buyers are motivated by revengePUBLISHED: August 2013 Alan:...
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How The Brain Picks Up A Second Language
Kathleen Lees - k.lees@scienceworldreport.comAugust 29, 2013Learning a language can be an excellent way to open a child up to another world, and especially at a young age, introducing new information...
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The Loss Of Broadsheet Newspapers and Diminishment Of The Common Good
http://www.wilsoncountynews.com/http://www.examiner.com/article/community-journalism-101-what-is-community-journalism***Quoting Jewel Fox, Texas publisher Elaine Kolodziej --...
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Sudden Decision To Escalate Syrian War and The GOP As Dog Who Finally Catches...
Among 1400 Syrians gassed to death.Dear A,Yesterday, Obama adviser, David Axelrod, said Obama's unexpected decision to let Congress rule on proposed belligerence in Syria has resulted in Republicans...
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Men Have Grown Four Inches Taller In 100 Years
September 2, 2013LONDON: Men have grown an incredible four inches taller than they were 100 years ago, a newEuropean study has found.The average height of European males increased by an unprecedented...
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