OBESITY & RISK OF CANCER There is growing evidence that the risk of at least some cancers is increased by obesity. At a time when more than two-thirds of Americans are considered overweight or obese, this is an area of obvious public health concern. An interesting large-scale public health study from England, just published...
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You’re a teenager. You want to do it but you know you shouldn’t. The consequences are bad. You might regret it later. But still you think about it constantly and you want to do it so badly! You make a little start — but pull away — and . . . oh, you just...
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Dear Family and Friends, On Friday morning in small town Zimbabwe the big ten-tonne trucks were visible soon after nine in the morning and they were filled to overflowing with weary “cheer leaders.” Men, women and youths who looked dusty, wind tossed and tired and theirs was certainly not a position to be envied....
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I love having kids and being a father, but there are probably times when all parents feel at least a little bit like the man in this commercial.
Probably the closest I ever came was when I was home with my daughter the first few years of her life and she was teething, and thus...
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If you live in a jurisdiction that enforces political correctness, consult your human rights advisor about whether you are permitted to read any of the following items of information: Robert Knight asks the questions many won’t ask about AIDS: One would think a 10 percent failure rate against a 100 percent fatal disease would...
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You will have to forgive me, but I have a difficult time taking the war against Moslem extremists seriously. No, I haven’t become the latest in a line of anti-American quislings who say the war is “all about oil†or that Islamism is not a threat. It’s just that I have trouble mustering enthusiasm...
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Moronizing & Marginalizing Men
Your spellchecker doesn’t recognize misandry, the hatred of men, because the developers at Microsoft, when creating Word, weren’t conscious of it. But, they sure knew about misogyny, right? HR sensitivity programs ensured that. Bashing women is so verboten in Corporate America that people can lose their jobs over it. Excoriating men,...
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Sharon Shenker's My Family Has Two Houses is a book for kids about divorce. It's jarring, because it reminds us of just how difficult things can be these kids, and how fragile these situations can be.
On the page pictured, it urges kids to "Hang in there...hold on...don't give up" and asks kids to finish...
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A Spanish civil guard has been killed and another badly wounded after being shot by suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA in south-western France. The two plainsclothes civil guard officers were in Capbreton, France, taking part in a joint surveillance operation with French police against ETA, which traditionally uses France as a...
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Another blast shook the Ukrainian coal mine Zasyadko in Donetsk, where over 100 miners died in a methane blast in November. According to the Russia Today TV, 8 miners have been hospitalized with burns and other injuries, and over 50 have received medical treatment. The channel reports the evacuation to be almost complete. “All...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Congress has provided about $542.9 billion, as of May 2007, to the US Department of Defense for the Global War on Terrorism. That figure doesn’t include the amount spent on domestic security operations and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Prior...
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From Sherri, a reader:
"My husband has learned the hard way that it doesn't pay to be a responsible noncustodial parent. He was divorced in 1994 and ordered by the court to pay child support. In 1999 he was taken back to court for an increase in child support, which was to end on the...
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Some biting commentary from the New Yorker's Danny Shanahan
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Since it was pouring rain here all day and into the night, I was reminded of this video of R & B singer Brook Benton doing his classic "Rainy Night in Georgia" live in 1982. I traveled a lot in my late teens and early 20s, and Benton's song's strong imagery captures some of the...
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