Cheers and Boos as Wikipedians See Themselves on Film

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Street Gangs (But Didn't Know Whom to Ask)

"We recently solicited your questions about street gangs for Sudhir Venkatesh, the then-grad student we wrote about in Freakonomics who is now a professor of sociology at Columbia. His answers are, IMHO, fascinating." Saved By: Alex Jones | View Details | Give Thanks
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John Gray's apocalypse - Times Online

he believes our only freedom lies in the most honest assessment possible of our predicament.
As summer looms, students at dozens of schools across the country are trying hard to be in the present moment in what is known as mindfulness training. [...] Although mindful education may seem like a New Yorker caricature of West Coast life, the school district with possibly the best experience has been Lancaster, Pa., where mindfulness is taught in 25 classes a week at eight schools. The district has a substantial poverty rate, with 75 percent of students qualifying for free lunch.
Trooping the Colour originated from traditional preparations for the battle. Colours, or flags, were carried, or 'trooped', down the rank so that it could be seen and recognised by the soldiers.
Why should we care that our president has just signed a document declaring himself dictator in the event of any national crisis when Paris Hilton is going to jail? And who cares about the firings of US attorneys when Lindsey Lohan can be seen snorting coke in a bathroom?
A healthy and moral Society can exist only when there is a rule of law applied equally and fairly to all citizens, from the most powerful to the weakest, from the wealthiest to the absolute poorest, equally and fairly to all races, religions, and any citizen who doesn't fit into the above.
A very disturbing commercial is being shown on network television in the United States with alarming regularity. I have seen it frequently during the past few weeks on an NBC station that broadcasts from the nation's capital, Washington, DC.
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I do not think that it is a stretch to suggest that if we want to preserve our civilization, then it might be necessary to contend with the problems we are facing with a more effective form of knowledge than Biblical Fundamentalism.
By James P. Pinkerton - All of which means that "inexpensive" immigrants turn out to be expensive, after all. Robert Rector of the right-of-center Heritage Foundation estimates that the total net social cost of amnesty - oops, "earned citizenship" - for 12 million illegals will be $2.5 trillion over 30 years.
The American Cancer Society this week launched a major new cancer research effort that aims to enroll 500,000 people.
This Site is an eye opener. See what your TAX dollars are financing. A military force that answers only to the corporations and the oligarchy. It is LAWLESS. It operates outside the law both nationally and internationally with the blessing of BUSH,CHENEY and their masters. YOU get to pay for it.
I have always made it an unwavering point to oppose those people who are in positions of authority or power who I find to exhibit hypocrisy and ethical depravity. Often, I have done such vocal protests at my own expense, suffering - on one occasion - an employment loss...
Don Imus' firing reveals a greater sickness in our society.
The spreadsheet appears to assess a list of U.S. Attorneys based on a variety of different qualifications, including prosecution experience and political experience. But there is one column dedicated solely to an assessment of whether the attorneys are members of the Federalist Society.
Muslim journalists and bloggers across the Arab world are speaking out to promote civil society and women's rights in Islamic societies. But it is a hard struggle at times, with societal pressure and even fines to contend with.
A California condor has laid an egg in Mexico for the first time since at least the 1930s, biologists at the Zoological Society of San Diego announced Monday. If the chick hatches and survives, scientists hope it will herald the return of a breeding condor population to Mexico, decades after the iconic giant of the skies was wiped out there.
Let's stop the Dr. Phil discourse, which only contributes to the human sciences by supplying them with the empirical content for their studies
It is exactly at those times of ego-delirium that nations render themselves deaf, dumb, and blind to conscience-less sociopaths who seduce them into policies and practices that are lethal for themselves and the rest of the world.
A drug company is pledging $10 million to The American Cancer Society - one of the largest gifts in the organization's history - to help provide one-on-one support for cancer patients in U.S. hospitals, the organization announced Wednesday.
Every human being is required to make a choice; to be controlled by society or else to rebel against it.to allow one's self to have become a slave of the powers that be or to strike back. Ultimately, each of us must figure out how to best cope with society; to become an obedient slave or to challenge the status quo...
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