AURORA, Colo. (March 2, 2015) - Pediatricians are facing increasing pressure from some parents who want to spread out the recommended vaccine schedule for their…
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Despair and destruction continue to envelop the blockaded Gaza strip, where the rebuilding of vital structures could take up to a century, Oxfam International has warned. The organization's statement…
Rapid melting of Antarctic ice could push sea levels up 10 feet worldwide within two centuries, "recurving" heavily populated coastlines and essentially reshaping the world,…
The Republican-dominated Congress, with the help of a cadre of sell-out conservative Democrats in both chambers, are gearing up to attack Social Security again, under…
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude ishappiness doubled by wonder. —GK Chesterton ‘Gratitude’ derives from the Latin gratia, which, depending on…
Five years ago, in a new city and in search of a new hobby, I decided to try playing a musical instrument for the first…
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks are stalling while the White House assures its trading partners that this secret trade agreement won't be amended when it comes back…
A speaker at an event I recently attended asked why U.S. food companies put butylated hydroxyltoluene, a food preservative and endocrine disruptor, in cereal sold…
WINSTON CHURCHILL famously said that democracy is the worst political system, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…
Local fisherman in Fukushima Prefecture, home to Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s stricken Daichi nuclear power station, blamed the plant's operator on Wednesday for knowingly allowing…
In her late 50s, Alice Ramsay returned to the Iowa farm where she’d grown up. She had graduated college in Missouri and spent most of…
Several press reports last week highlight details of the major donors to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, including right-wing Persian Gulf monarchies, big…