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Know Your Upstream Neighbors The United Watershed States Of America
Here's a very cool map of the United States that almost represents a sort of alternate history, from John Lavey of the Sonoran Institute, a conservationist group:(click for larger)Lavey was inspired to...
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Healthcare And The Need To Separate Church And State
It would be politically productive to spotlight the inviolable conscience of religious pacifists who do not want their tax contributions paying for Uncle Sam's belligerence.If "The Right" were to admit...
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New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest. My Submission For January 6, 2014
Hey, Mort. Maybe E = mc2 isn't settled science either.
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Einstein's Big Idea: E = mc2 Explained (Nova)
E = mc2 ExplainedHow would 10 top physicists—two Nobel Prize winners among them—describe Einstein's equation to curious non-physicists? Listen online by selecting Play All or choose individual clips...
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How Long It Takes To Form A New Habit
"We are what we repeatedly do," Aristotle proclaimed. "Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the...
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On a Beam of Light: The Story of Albert Einstein, Whimsically Illustrated
On a Beam of Light: The Story of Albert Einstein, Illustrated by the Great Vladimir Radunskyby Maria PopovaThe charming visual tale of an introverted little boy who grew up to become the quintessential...
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Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien: The Iconic Storyteller's Little-Known, Gorgeous ArtStorytelling icon J.R.R. Tolkien (January 3, 1892–September 2, 1973) was also among those rare creators with...
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The Tale Of Old Befana, Beautifully Rendered By Aine Maire Chadwick
Story of BefanaRetold by Aine Maire ChadwickHigh in the hills above the old town of Bethlehem in the land of Judah there stood a little white house. An old woman lived there,all on her own,except for a...
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Pope Francis' Sharp Words Make A Wealthy Donor Hesitate
Where are biblical "literalists" when needed most?***Pope Francis' critical comments about the wealthy and capitalism have at least one wealthy capitalist benefactor hesitant about giving financial...
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Paul McCartney Narrates Peta "Glass Walls" Video On Slaughterhouses
Paul McCartney's Guardian interview about food, cooking, animal cruelty and vegetarianism.http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/18/paul-mccartney-vegetarianism***Paul McCartney has lent his voice...
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America's Premier Gun Jouralist Bannished For Questioning The Gospel of Guns
Dick MetcalfMetcalf's column said “all constitutional rights are regulated,” alarming gun community.***Alan: The following article spotlights an important parallel with the Phil "Quack" Robertson...
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Bad Religion: A Definition
From the gallery of mummified priests and monks at the Capuchin catacombs in Palermo, Sicily.It was a remarkable visit.http://www.viajesconmitia.com/2010/06/10/ite-missa-est/ Wikipedia:...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Illuminates The Darkness Of Christian Fundamentalism
“Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.” Martin Luther King Jr.***"The terrible thing about our...
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Mitt Romney: Women Should Only Be Granted Birth Control Rights At The State...
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said that his health care reform law in Massachusetts included birth control in insurance coverage but he opposed it in President Barack Obama’s law...
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Raising The Minimum Wage Reduces Poverty. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"One funny part of watching journalists cover the minimum wage debate is that they often have to try and referee cutting-edge econometric debates...But instead of diving into that controversy, let's...
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Let's Eliminate The Corporate Income Tax
Alan: I would be happy to conduct a "reversion to status quo ante" experiment in eliminating the corporate income tax. An even better idea is to eliminate the corporate income tax for those...
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Obamacare's 2014 Enactment Is Smooth As Silk. Not A Peep From Conservatives
2014 Symbol of Success***Obamacare will go from 'doomed' to 'scandal.' "Obamacare -- actual, real, Obamacare, with doctors and cards and everything -- has been operational for nearly a week now. It has...
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Auto Sales Soar (Although Rest Of Economy Struggles)
Alan: American conservatives will go to their graves swearing on their mothers' gravesthat the Detroit bailout was a cataclysmic mistake.How can such persistently perverse people be trusted with the...
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