Church is nothing if not a sanctuary, right? Church leaders promise to be the most trustworthy figures outside of family. Obviously, recent and not so recent allegations in the Catholic Church has been bringing that premise into question…
U.S. Launches AIDS-Awareness Campaign In Botswana: ‘You All Have AIDS,’ Says U.S.
January 10, 2011 by
We can do better for our fellow Africans than to condemn them publicly as sexual lepers, isolating them from their communities, and putting them on hard and harsh drug therapies that are registered against a pre-supposed death. We must first address their food, water and infrastructure needs. We must build a sewage reclamation and water supply system for every town and village where we are concerned about AIDS, long before we worry about drugging and circumcising.
LeBron James hires rabbi to consult on business affairs
January 6, 2011 by
The summer of 2010 was very important in the NBA. Players have been switching teams, a new collective bargaining agreement is being debated, and there will be a massive international competition starting in a couple weeks among other little — but still vital — happenings around the league. But perhaps the most peculiar of all the little things is the embrace of Judaism taking place among the NBA’s elite.
Fluoride in Water Linked to Lower IQ in Children
January 5, 2011 by
Exposure to fluoride may lower children’s intelligence says a study pre-published in Environmental Health Perspectives , a publication of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (online December 17, 2010).
Fluoride is added to 70% of U.S. public drinking water supplies.
