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While birtherism has long been discredited, even in conservative circles, the secret life and motivations of President Barack Obama remain a singular fascination among the Republican activists.
Dr. Peter Glidden exposes the pharmaceutical industry.
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To get a sense of how I reacted to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, look no further than the stars and exclamation points that fill the margins of my review copy.
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The Army has no shortage of battlefield maps. But until Friday, it didn’t have many that animate troop movements or enemy positions at the touch of a fingertip.
Quite a lot, apparently. But do you really want to look at nudie pics on a 6-inch, electrophoretic, black-and-white screen?
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The “American Dream” that involves a birth-right expectation of more and more. What we have done to this planet on which we all depend has now committed us to a future of less and less.
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In this section, Stoll begins to question his basic religious beliefs and the notion that one has to suffer to reach one’s goals. His friend Dennis asked, “What do you want? To be great or to be happy?”
Ron Paul isn’t wasting any time in retirement.
He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, therefore, make any progress. J.K Rowling, author of Harry Potter, said, “Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”
In the ten years following 9/11, the FBI and the Justice Department convicted more than 150 people following sting operations, though few had any connection to real terrorists.
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Alex welcomes an internationally recognized authority on China and population issues, as well as an acclaimed author and speaker, Steven W. Mosher.
In her upcoming book, Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg talks about the invaluable mentors who have helped her succeed — including Larry Summers, Mark Zuckerberg, and others.
If we don’t halt population growth with justice and compassion, it will be done for us by nature, brutally and without pity – and will leave a ravaged world. ~Nobel Laureate Dr. Henry W. Kendall
We are living in a period of mass extinction. The numbers stand at 200 species a day. That's 73,000 a year. This culture is oblivious to their passing, feels entitled to their every last niche, and there is no roll call on the nightly news.
Visiting novelist J.J. Murphy says the The Wiggles made him do it.
Lawyers are the second most "psychopathic" profession in the world after CEOs, according to Kevin Dutton's book "The Wisdom of Psychopaths."
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A satirical novel about Adolf Hitler, set in the present day, has climbed to the top of Germany's bestseller charts.
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