Bobbi Kristina Brown Declares Engagement to Nick Gordon

Looking to take their unconventional relationship to the next level, Bobbi Kristina Brown has announced she's engaged to marry her adopted brother Nick Gordon. Per a sneak peek at the upcoming reality show "The Houstons: On Our Own," the daughter of the...

Homosexuality, Incest and Christian Right

There are Republican political figures, such as Alan Keyes, who are claiming that homosexuality leads to incest. The response is that homosexuality never leads to incest; but there are times when incest leads to homosexuality. Of the gay and bisexual man...

I Hate This Brave, New World

By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" I hate this brave, new world where: Illiteracy is 140 characters long and has a face-book; Everyone has a thousand virtual "friends", but virtually no real friend; Every child has a mother and multiple...

Should cancer be on your child’s curriculum?

How and when do you explain what cancer is to kids, if at all? Or is it a subject that’s just too ‘adult’ for children’s ears? Recent findings from a survey published by Macmillan Cancer Support may suggest otherwise.The survey included 500 children from the UK...

Domestic Violence: Cure and Prevention

So far the issue of family violence has not been approached rationally. There are some people who go to jail for an argument or a slap, and there are others who get away with breaking their partner's skull and not only get away with it but get to keep the children. It is...

The Social Costs of Small Business

By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" Big Business (with 1000 employees or more) and traditional business (central office or factory) provided workers with a network of social contacts and with opportunities to fraternize and befriend others....

Woman finds out late husband was also her father

The next time you think you’re having a bad day, image how Valerie Spruill felt when she discovered that her husband and her father are the same person. We will pause here briefly to enable you to process the previous sentence. Took me a while, too. Talk about a...

Maryland family awarded compensation in police shoot dog case

A Montgomery County judge has awarded a Frederick, Md. family significant compensation for pain and suffering, in addition to veterinary costs, following a police versus dog shooting incident which took place in 2010. According to Wednesday's publication of the SF...

Usher Breaks His Silence on Custody Battle During Chat with Oprah

We’ve all been looking forward to hearing his side of the custody battle with Tameka Foster, and last night (September 16) Usher's interview on “Oprah’s Next Chapter” hit the airwaves.The “U Remind Me” singer began, "This will be the only time that...

Sleep with the fishes: Floating hotel offers rooms 10 feet below

Perfect for tourists who have seen enough beaches or city landscapes, this floating hotel offers a room with a different kind of view: Ten feet beneath the surface of a Swedish lake.The Utter Inn offers guests a night to remember, with windows in every wall of the ...