Riot erupts near St. Louis over police shooting of teen | more -- The FBI has launched a parallel investigation.

Amid pressure, New York releases half of Common Core test questions

Study: More coffee may prevent your ears from ringing

Babylon 5 reboot likely to become big-budget film: Original series creator will pen the script, possibly finance ( Read more... )

Limiting Rights: Imposing Religion on Workers (NYT)

Students challenge free-speech rules on college campuses

LA jail scandal: All 6 Sheriff's Department officials found guilty on all counts

McDaniel Campaign Begins Legal Challenge in Mississippi GOP Primary

Amsterdam 'Black Pete' Parade Threatened by Dutch Ruling

This entry posted originally ( Read more... )

If He's Sexually Aggressive In Bars, It's Not Because He's Drunk -- "When researchers at the University of Toronto and the University of Washington observed young people's behavior in bars, they found that the man's aggressiveness didn't match his level of intoxication. There was no relationship. Instead, men targeted women who were intoxicated ( Read more... )

Racist, sexist New York Post front page goes full 'Hey, where the white women at?' on Obama (DailyKos)

'Sister Wives' Family Wins Ruling in Bigamy Suit -- "A federal judge ruled Friday that key parts of Utah's polygamy laws are unconstitutional, handing a legal victory to a polygamist family that stars in the TV reality show 'Sister Wives.' U.S. ( Read more... )

Majority of Handprints Found in Ancient Cave Paintings from Women | more

Earliest known nervous system found

Eating popcorn 'disrupts advertising' -- "Researchers found that viewers remember brands by simulating the pronunciation of a new name with their mouths. [...] 'The mundane activity of eating popcorn made participants immune to the ( Read more... )

There's a commercial that states, "We [humans] are beautifully imperfect creatures in an imperfect world."

Well, yes. If we were "beautifully imperfect creatures" in a perfect world, the human condition would merely be tragic. Tragedy, all the time.

This entry posted originally at Dreamwidth Studios. You may comment here or there.

As Ecclesiastes intimates, life is ultimately meaningless. There is no point to doing anything. There is no point to life.

But at least some things are funny along the way.

This entry posted originally at Dreamwidth Studios. You may comment here or there.

Anwar al-Aulaqi's assassination by the President was wrong. Simple as that. American citizens should not be targeted for death by the President. He should have been sought & brought back for trial, particularly since he was a propagandist, not a soldier in the field of battle. That's what the rule of law means. President Obama says we are a ( Read more... )

Oh, it's been a while. I've been working the project & altered a few of my online habits, so I haven't been on LJ much lately. That soon will change: the project should end tomorrow ( Read more... )

I think part of President Obama's problem was that he was not in Congress during the time when Republicans controlled both houses of Congress & the Presidency. He did not see what a strongheaded executive branch could accomplish with such wind at his back ( Read more... )