America Has Shabbier "Family Values" Than Any Country In The Developed World
Alan: Without gagging spiritually, I find it difficult to mention "family values" and the "United States" in the same sentence . The Land of The Brave is as close to "anti-family" as a putatively...
View ArticleLife Forms Found in Antarctic Lake Do Not Belong To Any of 40 Known Sub-Kingdoms
‘Unclassified’ Life Found in Antarctic Lake© public domain07/03/2013Tags: lake Vostok, RussiaRelated News‘Intrigue’ Persists in Hunt for Antarctic Subglacial LifeRussia Adopts Antarctic Exploration...
View ArticleSugar, Soda and Disease
Killing you softly.Like putting a gun to your belly...... and wondering about the trigger.***Study: Sugar availability linked to type 2 diabetesNanci Hellmich, USA TODAYMarch 9, 2013New study doesn't...
View ArticleConvicted Murderer Exonerated And Awarded $13.2 Million Dollars
David Ayers is a really sweet fellow whose life was trashed because he was black."The Republican Party's Bone Deep Racism"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/10/bone-deep-racism-in-gop.html"The...
View ArticleU.S. Healthcare Focused on Healing Disease, Not Maintaining Health
'Escape Fire': How to fix health careSTORY HIGHLIGHTSAndrew Weil: Providing more Americans with health insurance is not enoughWeil: We have a disease-management system, not a health care systemHe says...
View ArticleWilliam James, A National Treasure
Site NavigationMaterials at this site.Essays, Excerpts, Letters, and Reviews.Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Life's Ideals.The Principles of Psychology.Pragmatism: A New Name for...
View ArticleAggresive Ignorance, American "Exceptionalism," and "The Bitch Goddess, Success"
Dear C,Thanks for sending this video. http://www.dailyfinance.com/on/Wealth-Inequality-in-America-viral-video-Politizane/?ncid=webmail1Notice the first three “user comments” on this Sunday morning,...
View ArticleBurger Queen
(After airbrushing and lipo-suctioning.)***Nope, don't need no Nanny State here!"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/12/nope-dont-need-no-nanny-state-here.html
View ArticleExperts fight to save manatees from red tide bloom
Manatees killed by red tide algae bloom inside the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Marine Mammal Pathobiology Laboratory.Ashley PorterFILED UNDERLocal NewsTop StoriesAshley Porter...
View ArticleAmerican sickcare is a pathological substitute for healthcare
The above statement is an oversimplification.It is, however, nearer the truth than the prevalent attitude of considering "heroic intervention" the essence of good healthcare.Not only does medical...
View ArticleAaron Swartz: "Requiem For A Dream"
Aaron Swartz was brilliant and beloved. But the people who knew him best saw a darker side.BY LARISSA MACFARQUHARMARCH 11, 2013“This, I suppose, is the actual problem,” Swartz wrote, long before his...
View ArticleCardinals begin to see Vatican secrecy as the problem
"Isolation is the breeding ground of evil." "Evil: The Shadow Side of Reality" by John Sanfordhttp://www.amazon.com/Evil-Shadow-Reality-John-Sanford/dp/0824505263***March 10, 2013VATICAN CITY --...
View Article""The more we're hated, the more right we are." Westboro Church apostate
At the 1:15 minute mark of the following video clip, former Westboro Baptist Church member, Lauren Drain, discusses the perceived value of persecution....
View ArticleWomen wake up much grumpier than men
Who knew?Grumpy's a girl!***(CBS News) According to a Duke University survey, women wake up far more grumpier than their male counterparts. In fact, females need far more sleep than men and suffer more...
View ArticleLee Boyd Malvo: How do killers and rapists rationalize their heinous crimes?
The convicted "DC sniper" Lee Boyd Malvo in 2003: "I did monstrous things."By Josh White | March 10, 2013IHAVE COVERED war, feeling the zip of bullets overhead, the heat of an explosion. I've been...
View ArticlePapal conclave has roots in turbulent 13th century
Members of the fire and rescue service set a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel before the conclave at the Vatican (OSSERVATORE ROMANO, REUTERS / March 11, 2013)RELATEDCardinals convene to...
View ArticleEx-con killed grandparents in Washington, now seeking gun shows
Michael Boysen, 26, is wanted on suspicion of killing his grandparents just after getting out of prison, and officials think he might be looking to get more weapons at a gun show. (King County...
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