This legislation reveals once again that government will always be decades behind cutting-edge healthcare, and beholden to special interests as well. Action Alert! After a year…
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Jeb Bush is a presidential candidate. But Jeb is not only the brother of George W. and the son of George H. W. Bush. Jeb…
In 2012, Houston, Texas passed a law that would fine anyone giving food to to more than five people in public. Just recently, a 90-year old man was…
In early March, the strongest wave of tropical convection ever measured (known as the Madden Julian Oscillation) by modern meteorology moved into the western Pacific from Indonesian…
It all started about a year ago when I began noticing more homeless men in the Chicago neighborhood where I work. Back of the Yards…
For the first time in U.S. history, a judge has effectively recognized two chimpanzees as legal persons, in an order Monday which will allow a…
In the past few years, listeners to National Public Radio have been hearing frequent announcements that “America’s natural gas” is an underwriter of NPR programming.…
BBC live report of the collapse of WTC building 7, more than minutes before the collapse took place. Building Seven in the background is still intact. The…
Why has withdrawal always been so foundational to spiritual transformation? Why do we go on retreat? Retreat not just physical retreats but the notion of…
by Vetwife, Daily Kos This is surreal in almost mind boggling consequences. Pretty soon the only children attending public school will be the poorest…
This is surreal in almost mind boggling consequences. Pretty soon the only children attending public school will be the poorest of the poor and…
I read a lot about educational theory and research so that I can share "best practices" for better ways to teach and learn with my…