I came across this book kind of by accident yesterday, but it looks to be an important book (“Prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer“). Peter C Gøtzsche is a Professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis, and Director, The Nordic Cochrane Centre, and Chief Physician, Rigshospitalet and … Read more
From AlterNet, via Truthdig, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, Chris Hedges looks at the loss of Constitutional Protects, largely due to the cooperation of the Obama administration, the industrial military complex, and the corporatocracy. Here is the key quote from the article: The goals of corporate capitalism are increasingly indistinguishable from the goals of the … Read more
One of the things I despise about politics is the hypocrisy and the double standards: it’s okay for our group to do something, but if those from the other side of the isle do the same thing, then that very same thing is evil; or conversely, it’s so wrong for those on the other side … Read more
If you like to have fun, to learn and to laugh, next time you have a dinner party, may I suggest you get the smartest or most educated person in the room wasted and then ask him/her to explain something related to their field of expertise? If you’re kind of skeptical, the following video shows … Read more
Over the past few years, TED has grown into a household name due to the amazing lectures and presentations that they’ve made publicly available to the entire world. TEDTalks are presentations about ideas that are worth spreading. Well, Nick Hanauer decided to give a talk about an idea he considered worth spreading: how we’ve been … Read more
If you are a Republican, you’re probably not all that thrilled with your presidential candidate Mitt Romney, what with more flip-flopping on political issues than a patient with multiple-personality disorder on meth. It looks like this guy will say anything for votes. But if you’re concerned about all the inconsistencies, fear not. The Onion reports … Read more
I seriously can’t understand any legitimate reason why issues concerning women’s reproductive health are tearing this country apart (unless this is just a red herring to distract us from other issues). Are we really so insecure that the notion that women should have control over their own bodies frighten us to the point of lunacy? … Read more
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution through natural selection provides a wonderful scientific explanation of biological adaptation and diversity. The theory is wonderful. The process of evolution itself is torturous, blind, indifferent, and cruel. And when you take a ruthless process, and mix it up with some extreme political and social ideology, what you get is … Read more
You may remember that recently Bill Maher had a rare moment of comedic genius when he decided to un-baptize Mitt Romney’s dead father-in-law. Well, the news about these posthumous baptisms have continued over the past few weeks, especially as it was discovered that Anne Frank (who’s upset about people reading her diary, by the way) has … Read more