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Video: Coffee and Mortality

What effect does coffee and tea consumption have on longevity, cancer risk, GERD reflux, bone fractures, glaucoma, sleep quality, and atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat)? In this video, Dr. Michael Greger … Continue reading

May 11, 2016 · Leave a comment

Andrea Fekete: West Virginia State Senate Candidate Brutally Attacked

May 8, 2016 A Democratic West Virginia Senate candidate was attacked today with brass knuckles and hospitalized suffering from severe injuries. Major (Retired) Richard Neece Ojeda II, decorated US Army … Continue reading

May 10, 2016 · 1 Comment

Daniel Berrigan: Apology

Our apologies good friends for the fracture of good order the burning of paper instead of children the angering of the orderlies in the front parlor of the charnel house … Continue reading

May 10, 2016 · 1 Comment

Timons Esaias: Things I’m Tired of Excusing

I am tired of starships that go whoosh in space

May 9, 2016 · 3 Comments

Barbara Burt: This ain’t the Kentucky Derby, ya’ll

Ok, everybody, just calm down. At this point in the Democratic presidential primary “horserace,” things are getting tense. Some Clinton supporters clamor for Sanders to drop out. Although their voices … Continue reading

May 9, 2016 · Leave a comment

Video: Building a Cremona Violin

. Edgar Russ, born in 1966 in Austria, is a master luthier who practices his craft in Cremona, Italy, a city with a rich musical history. Cremona was the home … Continue reading

May 8, 2016 · Leave a comment

Sei Shonagon: Pleasing Things

In spring it is the dawn that is most beautiful. As the light creeps over the hills, their outlines are dyed a faint red and wisps of purplish cloud trail … Continue reading

May 8, 2016 · Leave a comment

Video: “Glass” — Winner of the 1959 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

. Glass (Dutch: Glas) is a 1958 Dutch short documentary film by director and producer Bert Haanstra. The film won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1959. The film … Continue reading

May 7, 2016 · Leave a comment

Alexandra Dos Santos: We Don’t Care About the Young People

The Young People — it’s a label I’ve seen used to dismiss an entire generation as hopelessly naive and ignorant. The Young People don’t know how to communicate; they’re always … Continue reading

May 7, 2016 · 1 Comment

Video: “Like A Thief In The Night” by Amir Sulaiman

. Amir Sulaiman is a poet, recording artist, activist and Harvard Fellow, born in Rochester, New York. He has performed his work across the US as well as many other … Continue reading

May 6, 2016 · 1 Comment

Joseph Goebbels: Principles of Propaganda

Dr. Joseph Goebbels was the Propaganda Minister for Hitler’s Third Reich whose work has been widely studied by political theorists and advertising executives over the last 75 years. Of course, … Continue reading

May 6, 2016 · 1 Comment

Doug Anderson: How Nazis

The man in the driver’s seat of the minivan is just short of backhanding his wife but screams instead. The contractor towing a backhoe shouts at a woman who has … Continue reading

May 5, 2016 · 1 Comment

Video: Donald Trump and Fascism

With Donald Trump named as the Republican Party nominee, his views are coming under increased scrutiny. People as varied as Robert Reich, George Clooney, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto have … Continue reading

May 5, 2016 · 2 Comments

Video: Female Barred Owl Vocalizing to Mate

A female Barred Owl leaves the nest for ten minutes to vocalize to her mate. Filmed in Ottawa, Ontario on May 1, 2014. The Barred Owl’s hooting call, “Who cooks for you? … Continue reading

May 4, 2016 · Leave a comment

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