
Oil & The Clash Of Civilizations
The big turnout in Paris was bracing but it also might reveal a sad fallacy of Western idealism: that good intentions will safeguard soft...
4 Lies Culture Tells Us About Sex
Last year, we broke down the 4 biggest lies the Church told us about sex. Of course, the Church is far from alone in misleading facts...
Music Makes the World Smaller (And Your World Bigger)
Stories have been rolling out of Texas since the film portion of the South By Southwest festival kicked off on March 13 and will...
Behavior Brief A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research
Voyage of the blackpoll The blackpoll warbler (Setophaga striata), a songbird that only weighs as much as a AAA battery, completes an...
This Is How You Can Put a Baby to Sleep in Less Than 60 Seconds
If you've tried everything and nothing has worked, don't give up just yet. Simply reach for the Kleenex. In under a minute, YouTuber and...
“Overzealous, dangerous patriotism”: School nurse refused to treat student who didn’t stand for Pled
The American Humanist Association, an atheist group, has sent a letter of complaint to Pennsylvania's Carlisle Area School District after...
Washington state school district removes 143 students over vaccine law
A Washington state school district pulled 143 students who lacked documentation proving they had received required immunizations from...
Robert Kennedy Jr. apologizes for likening vaccine effects to 'holocaust'
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has apologized for using the word "holocaust" to describe the health effects of vaccine...
Madonna slams haters over Drake Coachella kiss
Madonna took to Instagram to slam all the haters who had an issue with her making out with Drake at Coachella. As Gossip Cop reported,...
Madonna's Kiss Shocks Drake At Coachella
Drake had a surprise guest onstage during his Sunday night set at Coachella: Madonna. Drake was finishing up his "Madonna" track when the...
Wall Street and the wingnuts win again: Radical right and radical wealth have captured both parties
Say what you will of Congress but it’s been busy lately. In the Senate, Bob Menendez is busy being indicted. Harry Reid is busy retiring....
How will Hillary announce?
It’s no longer a question of will Hillary Clinton run for president. It’s a question of how she’ll do it. Clinton is widely expected to...
In campaign for 2016, this year looks to be good one for Hispanics
The man was an ordinary-looking man, a working man by his looks and clothes. When asked in Spanish where he was from, he responded,...
Is There Anything to Gain From Ellen Pao's Loss?
Proving sex discrimination in the workplace is near impossible, even for the highest-powered women in corporate America. So what will it...
Loving White People Won't Fix Racism
It should be good news that more public figures—including Oscar-winning rap artist and actor Common and Starbucks CEOHoward Schultz—are...
“Don’t you want to be normal?”
“Don’t you want to be normal?” I was shocked that those words actually came out of the surgeon’s mouth. I think I must live in a more...
Will Rand Paul's Black Voter Outreach Pay Off In 2016?
When Rand Paul kicks off his campaign for president Tuesday, the Kentucky senator will be in a unique position among the likely -- and...
How Obama’s young loyalists will help shape his legacy
For the first four years of President Obama’s tenure,Brian Deese worked in a hallway on the West Wing’s second floor — not exactly the...
Soviet-Era Survival Kicks in for Ukrainians in Rebel Wasteland
(Bloomberg) -- Deep behind rebel lines in eastern Ukraine, cash machines on garbage-covered streets have long run out of bills and...


















