By Michael Faulkner – 08.18.13
The days immediately preceding, and immediately following the birth on 22. July, of a baby to a young woman called Kate Middleton, who is married to William, son of the Prince of Wales, presented a media spectacle of what by any rational standards can only be described as drooling, obsequious idiocy. Even the rare exceptions that didn’t completely take leave of...
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By STEVEN JONAS MD, MPH - 08.18.13
As is widely known, Russia now has a national law that bans the spreading of "information about non-traditional sexual behavior" to persons under 18. The law is based on legislation that was originally adopted in St. Petersburg under the sponsorship of its Mayor, one Vitaly Milonov. The law is based on the premises widely held by homophobes that a) homosexuality is an acquired characteristic,...
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By Loren Adams - 08.18.13
Conventional religion is deplorable. Until the alternative becomes dominant.
We all recognize the damage religion has done through the ages: Crusades, Inquisition, Al Qaeda, Westboro Baptist, Falwell, Swaggart, Bakker, pedophile priests. Unfortunately, hypocrites and charlatans get the lion’s share of attention.
Read MoreBy Conn Hallinan - 08.11.13
The Obama administration’s decision to directly supply weapons to the Syrian opposition may end up torpedoing the possibility of a political settlement. It will almost certainly accelerate the chaos spreading from the almost three-year old civil war. It will also align the U.S. with one of the most undemocratic alliances on the planet, and one that looks increasingly unstable....
Read MoreBy Iris Vander Pluym on July 28, 2013
The War on Drugs is not a war on drugs, at least not as that phrase is commonly understood in the English language. Assess the misery associated with the drug trade, and you would have to be on drugs yourself to believe the War on Drugs is anything other than a total, abject failure. From measures of public health, addiction rates, narco-terrorism, police corruption, gang violence, vast criminal networks spanning the globe...
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