Women Docs as Leaders: We’re Still a 16 Percent Ghetto
A “16 percent ghetto.” That’s the term that Debora Spar, president of Barnard College, recently coined for the low representation of American women in positions of power. Although she identified this … Continue reading
Operation, NOT Confiscation. Can We Agree on Gun Safety?
Spot one to the NRA and you gun fans: Guns don’t kill people. People under the influence, suffering from mental impairment, temporary or permanent, and those with aggression and rage … Continue reading
Jesus and the Handgun
There are only two sacrosanct figures in American life: Jesus and the handgun. To their adherents, both are acmes of good and righteousness. Yet the latter American deity generates more … Continue reading
What’s Wrong with a Black History Month?
It’s Black History Month. Many conservatives, Libertarians and Tea Partiers disapprove. So what else is new? Charles C. W. Cooke of the Right-wing National Review suggests that Black History Month is contrived and “over with.” He … Continue reading
Who, Exactly, is a “Criminal”? The Bad Guys are “Law Abiding” Citizens More Often
Who, exactly, is a “criminal?” According guns-gone-wild advocates, these weapons are there to protect us from “criminals.” Newtown shooter Adam Lanza had no prior criminal record. Gabrielle Giffords’ shooter, Jared … Continue reading
Mainlining Sugar and Salt: How Sucrose/Fructose Poisons World Diets
Would you buy your infant a Bud? How about your toddler? When you feed your infant formula with purified fructose, or your kid sucks down a Coke or a Gatorade … Continue reading
The Winner and Still Champion…112th Worst Congress EVER!
Latrice Phillips And the winner for the worst Congress…EVER…goes to… The 112th Congress for being ineffectual, childish and rendering the most powerful nation in the world impotent. Many of you … Continue reading









