Another Sad Reality

" It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." Charles Dickens opening to the Tale of Two Cities. A story of the French Revolution. Very apropos for today considering the United States is on the...

Brandon Davies' Sex Controversy, Good for College Sports

" These days, bad behavior among college athletes is a fact of campus life. Beat up a freshman in a barroom one night and you can be back on the court three days later. Just this week, a Sports Illustrated and CBS News investigation found that more than 200 players on the...

Is That Plastic Container Safe?

"Our homes are full of plastic, and the kitchen is no exception. The problem: Chemicals in plastic containers and other kitchenware may leach into the foods or drinks that they're holding. Scientific evidence suggests that some of these chemicals may be harmful to people,...

Do women think only with their right mind?

Everything of the right side of a body is quick, for example, the hand, the leg, the mind, etc.  Women are also quick to decide, feel angry, feel happy, etc. Does that mean women think with their right mind...

Seathogs

I was going to let this go when I read it this morning, but I have to comment. I have traveled the Metro for years in various cities. I can compare, Cleveland, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington DC. From...

Carly Simon and Tavis Smiley: Solutions to Stuttering

There have been many famous people who have stuttered in childhood:  James Earl Jones, Julia Roberts, Bruce Willis, Joe Biden and Marilyn Monroe.  Recently, Carly Simon shared a unique she used to...

Health Care and Bipolar Disorder

This article deals with BiPolar Disorder. Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. Symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe,...

warning: you may be dangerous to the person sitting next to you

You never considered that, did you? You don't live in your own private world. Your actions affect others. You may think that "being anti-social" means a person is unwilling to socialize... You're wrong, if so. If...

Can you really fall in love at first sight?

According to some scientists, some species can really fall in love at first sight, but it all comes down to genetics. Scientists looked at fruit flies, which can have implications for humans, and found that the female fruit fly are already aware of which males are more...

'Polite' Britons died on Titanic

According to a BBC report, researchers have found that British passengers were more likely to die in the Titanic disaster, because they queued politely for lifeboats. " A behavioural economist says data suggests...

Afghanistan a Lost Cause??

Afghanistan is bad and getting worse.  By the next election it will likely be a bigger problem for president Obama than Iraq. "We and our friends in Kandahar are thunderstruck at recent suggestions that the...

Study Links Autism with Rainfall

Researchers at Cornell University examined the possibility of a link between environment and autism, and found that children in wetter counties within the US Northwest were more likely to have autism. ...

Gallup Daily: Obama Lead Among Likely Voters 5 to 7 Points

"PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama holds a statistically significant lead over John McCain in both Gallup likely voter models, according to Oct. 27-29 Gallup Poll Daily tracking. In the traditional model, which defines likely voters based on current voting intention and past...

Two Japanese, American win 2008 physics Nobel

Subatomic partical behaviour study gets this year nobel for physics.Yoichiro Nambu,Makato Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa jointly shared the prize for their contribution to show why universe is  made up mostly of...

Palin on Ahmadinejad: 'He Must Be Stopped'

"By SARAH PALIN | September 22, 2008Governor Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, was scheduled to speak today at a rally in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza to protest the appearance here of President Ahmadinejad of Iran. Her appearance was canceled by rally organizers...

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