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The Annual Cost Of Keeping A Prisoner At Guantanamo Is $1,000,000.00
At $900,000.00 per inmate per year, Guantanamo Bay is now the world's most expensive prison. By comparison, super-maximum-security prisons in the U.S. spend $60,000.00 to $70,000.00 to house their...
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Common antibiotic may help men resist the allure of attractive women
MAY 27, 2013BY: DIANA DUELEver wonder how to cure your guy of a wandering eye? According to new research the trick is to give them a dose of minocycline, an antibiotic used to treat acne.*According to...
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Women A Third More Likely To Trust A Man Carrying A Guitar Case
Enlarge According to a study by French researchers in Brittany, men who carry guitars are seen as more attractive than sporty-looking men. Carrying an instrument can boost your chances of getting a...
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Under Democratic Governor, Jerry Brown, The State of California Is Back In...
Speaker John Perez and Governor Jerry Brown will decide how to restore CaliforniaJANUARY 13, 2013California: Back in the black with progressive governanceby Dante AtkinsFollowFor those who don't know...
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"Chasing Ice" Inspires Global Warming Denier's Recantation. Gullibility And...
NOV 27, 2012A Bill O'Reilly Fan Recants: Dramatic Videoby Cai 271 Comments Alan: Right-wing radio and television are the 21st Century's reprise of the 20th Century sentiment that "Wearing seat belts...
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Ann Coulter: No Racism In These United States
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ann_Coulter***"Perhaps, someday, blacks will win the right to be treated like volitional human beings. But not yet." Ann Coulter***Ann, if we needed another asshole we'd...
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It’s Not Just Sexism, Women Do Suffer More From Mental Illness
RELATEDThe Denial of Mental Illness is Alive and WellValium Invalidation: What if Mother (and Father) Really Did Need A Little Help?WHY DO MAINSTREAM MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS GIVE SO LITTLE...
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Black Woman Sentenced to 20 Years For Firing Warning Shot at Abusive Husband
by Free Britney at July 19, 2013Just days after the controversial George Zimmerman verdict saw him go free in the death of Trayvon Martin, another Florida self-defense case is making headlines.Marissa...
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We Are Diminished By The Loss Of Darkness
An aerial view of Chicago at night.Excerpt: "Our night sky continues to shape us, but now it is the absence of the universe around us that influences our religious beliefs, our myths, our impulse to...
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Polish Rebel Priest: Church's 'No. 1 Enemy'
Polish priest Wojciech Lemanski meets with his parishoners in Jasienica near Warsaw, Poland, July 14, 2013.By JAN PUHL, SPIEGEL - July 20, 2013Alan: There is, I suppose, a vanishingly remote chance...
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Teilhard de Chardin S.J.
Dear J,Thanks for your emails.I do not argue against divine providence.Often, however, it impresses me as a collaborative process. (Notably, Jesus could not work certain miracles unless the beneficiary...
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"Hymns of Divine Eros" by Saint Symeon the New Theologian
A Neglected Masterpiece of the Christian Mystical Tradition :The ‘Hymns of Divine Eros’by Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022)http://www.sgtt.org/Writings/Patristics/StSymeonHymns.htmlBy what boundless...
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Glorifying The Civil War
The Battle of Gettysburg, lithograph (Currier and Ives/Wikimedia Commons)TONY HORWITZJUN 19, 2013150 Years of Misunderstanding the Civil WarAs the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg approaches,...
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Man's Final Wish That His Heirs Leave A $500.00 Tip Becomes A Family Passion
Aaron Collins, left, with his mother, Tina, and brother, Seth, in this undated family photo.STORY HIGHLIGHTSAaron Collins, 30, died on July 7 in a Lexington, Kentucky, hospitalHe left a will that asked...
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Chickening out of chicken raising
There's a surge in "hipster urban yuppie types" trying and failing to raise chickens.By The Week Staff | July 13, 2013Animal shelters in many U.S. cities are reporting a surge in the number of...
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Fans behead Brazilian referee after he fatally stabbed a player
Brazilian soccer referee beheaded by angry fans who put his head on a stake after he stabbed playerThe match took place June 30 in Maranhao, BrazilReferee Octavio da Silva Catanhede Jordan, 20, fatally...
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Saudi Arabia To Punish Resident Foreigners Who Eat, Drink or Smoke In Public...
The Grand Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia- July 10, 2013 Sharona SchwartzAuthorities in Saudi Arabia have sent a strong message to foreigners – both Muslim and non-Muslim – residing in or visiting the...
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Using Nuclear Fallout to Stop Black-Market Ivory
Japanese customs officers display a total of 2.8 tons of ivory, a record amount seized in the country, which is a top black market destination for elephant tusks.As elephant poaching reaches an...
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