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Monday, November 9, 2009
On Inter-Racial Trust and Why It's So Hard To Go There | Psychology Today
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Why it's so hard to have honest inter-racial conversations about race.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Happiness Is In the Eye of the Beholder
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An analysis of over half a million Americans has found that happiness varies between age groups and that women enjoy a slightly higher level of happiness than men do at specific life stages. This article examines the possible reasons, with "expert" opinion from an OEN editor.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
E-Democracy Win: Britain Apologizes to Alan Turing | techPresident
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This morning, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued an official statement of apology to Alan Turing, a mathematician who led the WWII code-breaking effort that broke Germany's Enigma codes and did pioneering work in the development of computers. Turing, who was gay, was convicted of "gross indecency" in 1952 and sentenced to chemical castration. He committed suicide two years later.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Margaret Bush Wilson dies at 90; first black woman to head national NAACP board -- latimes.com
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Margaret Bush Wilson, the first African American woman to head the national NAACP board of directors, and who was ousted in 1983 after a public feud with its executive director, died Tuesday at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis of multiple organ failure. She was 90.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Tasered Mom: "I Posed No Threat'
Do Tasers save lives (as police and the Taser Corp. claim) or do they promote police brutality? Incidents like this problematize the issue.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Over the top and beneath contempt - Roger Simon - POLITICO.com
"Today we live in the age of rabid response"
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Government and CDC Finally Agree to do Extensive Research into Vaccine Safety . . . Maybe
For over a decade now most doctors, researchers, and government officials have denied that there could be any link between vaccines and autism. They've denied it so vehemently that they've refused to adequately study the very idea. Until now.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Transcript: Obama Seeks 'New Beginning' In Cairo
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Transcript of Barack Obama's Cairo speech to "the Muslim World"
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
A Latina Judge's Voice
Transcript of Sonia Sotomayor's 2002 speech describing the role that her ethnicity plays in her work.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Race and the Obama Admininstration
Danny Glover writes about how the United Nations is convening the Durban Review Conference in Geneva April 20 to 24 to review and assess the progress since 2001. Will the Obama administration send a delegation?
Monday, April 6, 2009
Are Republicans Blackmailing Obama? - The Daily Beast
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If the president releases the Bush torture memos, Republicans are promising to "go nuclear" and filibuster his legal appointments. Scott Horton reports on a serious threat to Obama's transparency.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Juan Enriquez shares mindboggling new science | Video on TED.com
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Think the current economic crisis is big? Juan Enriquez thinks much bigger things are on the horizon.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
How Words Could End a War
Even in the middle of another cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, the most depressing feature of the conflict is the sense that future fighting is inevitable. Social Scientists suggest there may be a way out.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Penn Vet Researcher:Living with Females Extends Reproductive Life of Male Mouse
Living with a female mouse can extend the reproductive life of a male mouse by as much as 20 percent, according to a study by Dr. Ralph Brinster and researchers at Penn Vet.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Gadgets that make you look like a jerk
Do you like gadgets? Apparently most people do, including the author, who nevertheless marvels how almost 90 percent of American nuclear households have multiple cell phones, despite the fact that studies keep demonstrating cell phone use by men is associated with less "motile" sperm. Yes, it's MSNBC, but it made me smile.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Ralph Nader asks if Obama will be an Uncle Sam or an Uncle Tom
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Video of Nader's interview with Fox
Friday, October 17, 2008
Altered Obama Photo in GOP Newsletter Sparks Outrage
As usual, it's not only the incident itself but also the organization's response to the "outrage" that is telling.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Aaron Sorkin Conjures a Meeting of Obama and Bartlet
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A fictional (obviously) conversation between Bartlet and Obama, written by "West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin.
