Would you like a cigarette with that beer, Mr. President?

For the most powerful man in the world, that’s probably a brutal question.  Not because there’s any chance he will actually light up in front of all the cameras during Thursday’s little shindig, but–being a fellow nicotine addict–I know how great the two go together.  Just like all too many of my fellow ‘consumers’, I [...]

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“Laughing all the way to the bank”

The following is an excerpt from the amazing article with the above title, which can be found here.
“…Our watershed moment to change the world economic system has not just been squandered, we have inadvertently reinforced the same structures and institutions that have created the mess in the first place…
As Robert Hunter Wade, professor at the [...]

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Education is Key to Effective Reform

What we choose to put into our bodies can have serious consequences.  Prescription drugs have been declared safe by the FDA, yet every year more and more people are dying from their–often downplayed or ignored–side effects.  Apparently, six months of limited clinical testing is not always sufficient for determining the safety of the medication.  Yet, [...]

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