Even in pro-gun states, bid to arm teachers stalls
Israel does not arm its teachers.See "Gun Cartoons and Gun Violence Bibliography"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/07/gun-cartoons.html***Alan: American conservatives are "ejaculatory...
View ArticleAmericans Grow More Worried About Global Warming, Poll Finds
Planet Earth.CREDIT: NASA/JPL View full size imageMegan Gannon, News EditorDate: 08 April 2013 Americans are becoming more concerned about the reality of global warming, according to a new Gallup poll,...
View ArticleAmerican "Civilization"
If an abundance of guns makes us safer, why isn't the United States the safest place on earth?***Gun Cartoons and Gun Violence Bibliographyhttp://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/07/gun-cartoons.html
View ArticleBuddhist monks incite Muslim killings in Myanmar
View PhotoReuters/Reuters - Soe Thein, a Buddhist mechanic, talks to Reuters reporters in Meikhtila March 28, 2013. Ethnic hatred has been unleashed in Myanmar since 49 years of military rule ended in...
View ArticleEven after melanoma, some people keep on using tanning beds
Despite their dangers, tanning salons continue to appeal to 1 out of 50 people diagnosed with melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, according to new research. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles...
View ArticleGlobal Warming Already Causing More Turbulent Jet Flight
Planes are already encountering stronger winds, scientists say***By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent, BBC News, ViennaFlights across the North Atlantic could get a lot bumpier in the future if the...
View ArticleClimate change will threaten wine production
A study has found sharp declines in wine production from Bordeaux, Rhone and Tuscany, as well as California’s Napa Valley and Chile by 2050, as a warming climate makes it harder to raise grapes in...
View ArticleHow Norway Funds A Thriving Jazz Scene
Enlarge imageJan Bang performs a live remix at the Punkt Festival.by MICHELLE MERCERApril 06, 2013Did you hear about the Italian gallery owner who burned his gallery's paintings last year — with the...
View ArticleReduced Guilt? Chocolate Gets A Healthy, Fruity Makeover
You could cut up to half the fat from chocolate without sacrificing taste by infusing it with fruit juice, scientists say.Chocoholics, rejoice!British scientists have developed a new...
View ArticleThe GOP: Moral Posturing Punctuated By The Encouragement Of Deadly Violence
North Carolina Republicans introduced a bill making "Public Breast Baring" a felony.The halter pictured above is part of NC's new sex ed curriculum.(Just kidding... For now at least...)***Alan: The...
View ArticleThe Craziest Republican Legislative Proposals Of 2012
1. Outlawing the dollar.Washington state lawmakers introduced a bill that would have outlawed the paper dollar, because “only gold and silver may be recognized as government legal tender.” This is just...
View ArticleDeputy's wife killed when gun goes off in hands of 4-year-old
Comments147By Matt PearceApril 8, 2013A 4-year-old Tennessee boy picked up a loaded gun and it went off, killing the wife of a sheriff's deputy at a family cookout, state police said Monday.Josephine...
View ArticleShame on U.S. Assault weapons bill is dead.
With a million Americans killed by handguns since 1970, the real problem is not automatic weapons.However, our collective failure to legislate against the assault weapons that Ronald Reagan himself...
View ArticleOliver Wendell Holmes: "The Hydrostatic Paradox of Controversy."
American Conservatives comprise the bent tube arm that's the size of pipe-stem.It hasn't always been this way.But it is now.
View Article2500 Years Ago Laozi Observed: "The Profoundest Truths Are Paradoxical."
“The Abilene Paradox”by The Daily Omnivore“The Abilene paradox is a paradox in which a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of any of the...
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