by Sally Haslanger | Feb 4, 2010 | The Public Humanist
It’s funny how a photograph can stick in your mind. Maybe the stillness of the image gives it time to sink in, like dye, and become part of you. One image that sticks in my mind is of a White woman, perhaps a little older than I am now, with graying hair,...
by James Heflin | Feb 4, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
The Republicrat struggle, the ongoing tempest that has consumed our system of governance, has, it seems to me, two main escape valves. One is what Obama just did, trying to engage both parties–although I'm sure as we speak, the Republicans he spoke to are...
by On Springfield | Feb 4, 2010 | On Springfield
The Springfield-based Alliance to Develop Power, or ADP, has released a statement from Alvina Williams Jackson, the mother of Melvin Jones III, the 28-year-old city man at the center of a recent case of alleged police brutality. In November, Jones had been in a car...
by Cherchez La Femme | Feb 4, 2010 | Cherchez La Femme
Coming in at number one on Forbes Magazines' "10 Most trusted Celebrities" list, released Monday, is Darth Vader himself, James Earl Jones. Behind him are Tom Hanks, Michael J. Fox, Mike Rowe (cause he picks up poop?), Morgan Freeman, Ron Howard, Will...
by Ann Louise Gittleman | Feb 4, 2010 | Wellness
A growing body of research links long-term, heavy cell phone use with brain tumors. But it’s not just about brain tumors any more. A new double-blind, peer-reviewed study, just published in the European Journal of Oncology, suggests that cordless phones, which...