Sheila Bair: We Are Better Off Having Dodd-Frank

Jul 17, 2012 by

Sheila Bair was appointed by President George W. Bush to chair the FDIC in 2006. After leaving the post last year, she formed a new...

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2012 Drought Rivals Dust Bowl

Jul 16, 2012 by

So says The Daily Beast in anticipation of a State of the Climate report from the National Climatic Data Center expected to be...

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George Stoney, Documentary Filmmaker, Mentor, Dies...

Jul 15, 2012 by

A longtime personal friend, mentor and teacher, he lived a long, full, rich life. Among his 50 documentaries, All My Babies (1953) for...

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Seeds of Greed. And Global Domination.

Jul 15, 2012 by

Scientist and philosopher Vandana Shiva has made a name for herself as a thinker and fighter in the global battle over genetically...

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Police State Chronicles

Jul 8, 2012 by

What would we say if these things happened in another country? Arrested for dancing in a subway station: “We were doing the...

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Adventists Live Longer

Jul 8, 2012 by

Who knew? Dr. Gary Frazer conducted a survey comparing lifestyles of Adventists to non-Adventists. “The men were living about...

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Looking Beyond Google Glass

Jul 7, 2012 by

Andrew Sullivan points to Sam Biddle’s doubts about Google Glass: Google thinks that we’re all ready to walk around...

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Require A SCOTUS Supermajority To Overturn Laws

Jul 7, 2012 by

A supermajority of at least seven Supreme Court Justices should be required to overturn laws as unconstitutional. When a law is passed...

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Fair?

Jul 7, 2012 by

I think so… From IVOTEnation: I VOTE to protect women’s control over their own bodies. Learn more about I VOTE at...

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Lifeguard Fired For Helping Drowning Man

Jul 4, 2012 by

If corporations are people, they are especially heartless ones: As lifeguards are paid and trained to do, Tomas Lopez rushed down the...

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