"Civilizations die from suicide, not murder." Arnold Toynbee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_J._Toynbee***"Civilizations die from suicide, not murder." Arnold Toynbee***Abraham Lincoln reprises...
View ArticleDemocrats and Republicans: Their Favorite Beatle
A plurality of Democrats, 39%, say John Lennon is their favorite Beatle. Just 15% of Republicans agree. 49% of Republicans name Paul McCartney as their favorite.
View ArticleCollege Sports coaches are the highest-paid state employees in 41 states
When my boy Danny was 10, he said: "College coaches get paid for being angry.""Where your heart is there also your treasure shall be."
View Article13 Benghazis That Occurred on Bush's Watch Without a Peep from Fox News
Obama's Benghazi and Reagan's Beiruthttp://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/10/cover-letter-to-beirut-bombing-mass.htmlBob CescaPosted: 05/09/2013The Republican inquisition over the attacks against...
View ArticleSince the early 1990s, the percentage of Americans moving across state lines...
The cross state line moving rate has decline from c. 3% in 1990 to 1.5% in 2013
View ArticleChinese Censors Trying To Stop Mockery Of New Communist Party Propaganda...
Dick Cheney... before he dicks you.
View ArticleThe Lethality of Loneliness We now know how it can ravage our body and brain
Judith ShulevitzSometime in the late ’50s, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann sat down to write an essay about a subject that had been mostly overlooked by other psychoanalysts up to that point. Even Freud had...
View ArticleWorkers bulldoze Mayan pyramid, use rock to build road
AP Photo: Jaime Awe5/14/13 By Mark Stevenson and Patrick E. Jones of Associated PressA construction company destroyed a Mayan pyramid in Belize, using its rock in a road-building project.BELIZE CITY,...
View ArticleAndrew M. Greeley, Priest, Scholar and Scold, Is Dead at 85
The National Catholic Reporter obituary of Andrew Greeley (by John Allen) http://ncronline.org/news/people/fr-andrew-greeley-sociologist-and-priest-novelist-dies-85***"I don't believe in the bishops or...
View ArticleOnce considered rare, hoarders now comprise 3-5% of the U.S. population
Too much stuff: This animated photo-illustration dramatizes the way hoarders accumulate possessions, piling them in spaces intended for other activities....
View ArticleFungus Among Us! Body's Microbes Mapped
Human skin is host to a diverse array of microbes. Shown here are fungi (cyan) surround a human hair (yellow) within the skin.Credit: Alex Valm, PhD View full size image Tanya Lewis, LiveScience Staff...
View ArticleIn 2012, 11,098 people were killed by terrorism
Of the 11,098 people killed by terrorism globally in 2012, ten were Americans. (Source: Wall Street Journal)***"Risk, Perspective and The War On...
View ArticleFrance, the most secular state in Europe, proudly celebrates Catholic holidays
We lose more than just feast days as culture becomes ever more secularMARY KENNY – 03 JUNE 2013The weather for today's bank holiday is expected to be fine and may it be a pleasant day for all, although...
View ArticleBush Counselor, David Frum, Attacks GOP For The Degradation Of American...
Keep it up Mitch!When new voters vote for the same party in their first three elections, they will almost always vote for that party the rest of their lives.Stay stupid just a little longer and the GOP...
View Article8-Year-Old ‘Pastry Pistol’ Boy Awarded Lifetime Membership To NRA
May 30, 2013 BROOKLYN PARK, Md. (WJZ) — There is renewed controversy over the little boy suspended from school for his Pop-Tart shaped like a gun. The 8-year-old has just been awarded a lifetime...
View ArticleThe Chasm Between Conservative "Thought" and Consensus Reality
Look close....... and you can see the tread...
View ArticleCongress, Prostitution And The NRA
Following the slaughter at Sandy Hook Elementary School, 91% of Americans wanted obligatory background checks.Even so the bill failed to clear Congress.(Fewer than 91% approve...
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