There are few things that inspire a deeper sense of apprehension and dread in someone in recovery from a substance abuse disorder than the prospect of a major surgery. Rare is the recovering drug addict who doesn’t know a contemporary… Read More ›
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A Snowball’s Chance In Hell: Why We Can’t Wait For Congress To Accept Climate Science
When Copernicus first advanced the idea of a heliocentric universe in the mid-16th century, the theologian and Christian reformer Martin Luther declared it to be heresy. Speaking for most of the western world at the time, Luther believed, in accordance… Read More ›
This Is Just The Beginning: How The 2014 Midterms Can Be A Clarion Call For The American Left
Calm yourselves progressives. Turn off the TV, shut off the iphone, log off of Facebook and try to stay away from the mewling hyperbole of the 24 hour news media. These midterms should be no cause for panic. Concern, perhaps,… Read More ›
A Tale of Two Senators: Rockefeller, Manchin & The West Virginia Chemical Spill
When it came out last week that an environmental scientist from Marshall University had found abnormal levels of Formaldehyde in a local water sample, I pretty much lost it. I suppose if I had received this news in a vacuum… Read More ›
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