Media and politicians have focused on one common denominator in the shooting sprees that have occurred during the last few years; guns. What they leave out is that every instance also had shooters on psychiatric medication.Diagnoses of serious psychological and psychiatric disorders have skyrocketed alongside the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders' expanding list of what...
read moreThe Biggest Loser is a hit reality show which follows a group of obese people as they attempt to lose weight and regain their health. The contestants maintain a grueling workout routine and eat a birdseed diet, all while being yelled at by attractive personal trainers. It's brilliant TV. The problem, however, is that the show is based on bad science and sends the wrong message to people who want...
read moreThe Biggest Loser is a hit reality show which follows a group of obese people as they attempt to lose weight and regain their health. The contestants maintain a grueling workout routine and eat a birdseed diet, all while being yelled at by attractive personal trainers. It's brilliant TV. The problem, however, is that the show is based on bad science and sends the wrong message to people who want...
read moreSince today is a celebration of St. Patrick, the religious figure who 'drove the snakes out of Ireland' (meaning Paganism), a whole lot of people got drunk last night. Yeah, Protestants getting drunk the night before before a Catholic religious festival makes as much sense as anything else about St. Patrick's Day. In addition, kids in California get something magical in their shoes, which...
read moreBeing Pope may mean good things in the afterlife but here on Earth, it doesn't count for a lot on the Internet. On the day Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis, over 600 domain names were registered by cybersquatters. They must be evangelicals. Even mistaken names like Francis I were taken. So Popefrancis.org is not available to the Roman Pontiff, along with most of the...
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