Remember that kid in elementary school that used to taunt you on the playground? He probably grew up to become a member of Congress. A study by a Harvard professor finds that 27 percent of external communications by members of Congress is taunting other legislators : To come up with this insight, . . . . Continue Reading »
A public school in Chicago doesn’t allow students to bring lunches from home . Unless they have a medical excuse, they must eat the food served in the cafeteria: Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices. “Nutrition wise, it . . . . Continue Reading »
You probably thought that you had to wake up too early when you were a teenager. Everyone does. But the thing that made my bleary-eyed whimpering special — the difference between you and me — is that far from being mere whining, mine was, I now know, backed up by scientific fact. This . . . . Continue Reading »
The LA Times has editorialized in favor of the concept of taxing us on our body mass index (BMI), stating that “offering incentives for lifestyle choices likely to cut medical costs is an idea worth considering.” From the editorial:If an individual’s body mass index isn’t a . . . . Continue Reading »
Art isn’t found only on the canvas, the stage, or the page. Sometimes, says David Greusel, creative expression is found on the spreadsheet: Let’s interrogate the self-described non-creative person a bit more. He or she likely works in an office, where the inbox is filled with memoranda . . . . Continue Reading »
Traveling and speaking teaches many deep lessons. One of those isn’t this observation: Christian women care more about their appearance than Christian men. My sociology friends would point out that I have done no survey, collected no data, and yet the evidence before my eyes has been . . . . Continue Reading »
I was asked by the Lars Larson (Northwest) Show to discuss organ harvesting and suicide, euthanasia, and redefining death for such purposes. I will be on at 2 today on KXL. Larson can be live streamed here. If you’ve a mind, tune . . . . Continue Reading »
Belgian doctors are harvesting organs from euthanasia cases and I warned about the potential that despairing people might want to kill themselves if they thought their organs could benefit others. And now, a man has shot himself in a hospital parking lot, leaving a note to harvest his organs. . . . . Continue Reading »
When then-senator Obama said during the 2008 campaign that he feared his daughters might be ” punished with a baby ” if not properly schooled in contraceptive practices, he probably thought the statement would be regarded as self-evidently reasonable. Among some it might. Obama’s . . . . Continue Reading »
If yesterday you attended church without fear of being arrested for expressing your faith, say a prayer today for the tens of millions of Chinese Christians who have to worship in hiding : Beijing police on Sunday detained dozens of worshipers from an unapproved Christian church who were trying to . . . . Continue Reading »
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