Category: Aggregated

I’ve written before about the dangers of soft drink addiction…which sounds like it could even be a joke. How many times have you heard someone refer to themselves as a “cokeaholic”? The truth is, soda addiction is no laughing matter. The chemicals in soft drinks are not only habit forming, but highly addictive. And that’s exactly what the big soda companies want. Let’s take a deeper look at some of the negative health effects of soda Is Soda Addiction a New Problem? Back in 2002, Dr. Judith Valentine, Ph.D. described the problem with soda in her article “Soft Drinks: America’s … Continue reading →

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Skeptics and believers alike tend to overlook the fact that the story of Atlantis, as told by the Egyptian priests who related the story to Solon, is a complex narrative involving three civilizations that supposedly existed contemporaneously with each other; namely, Athens, Egypt, and Atlantis itself. According to Sonchis, the head priest of Sais, the distant ancestors of the Athenians had led a coalition that counted amongst its members’ other Hellenic city-states and an ancient Egypt to a spectacular victory over the armies of Atlantis—which had aggressed upon them and attempted to reduce all who dwelt along the shores of … Continue reading →

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When Congress passed the Higher Education Amendments of 1972 as an addition to the Higher Education Act of 1965, many of us cheered, and we especially cheered Title IX of the act which stated: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. At the time, I was a member of the all-male University of Tennessee track and field team and we were treated quite well. Our squad was scholarship-laden and we … Continue reading →

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In the age of automation, what’s scarce are problem-solving skills. Readers responded positively to my recent essay on the emerging economy and jobs: A Teachable Moment: to the Young Person Who Complained About Her Job/Pay at Yelp and Was Promptly Fired Many young people are stuck in the purgatory of minimum wage and/or part-time jobs: that raises the question: how do you get out of minimum-wage purgatory? As I point out in my book on jobs and careers in the new economy, Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy, issuing 500,000 MBAs does not automatically create jobs for … Continue reading →

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Palm Beach, Florida – Having an interesting dinner at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate and residence – which may become the southern White House if fed-up American voters have their way. One feels an air of whispered importance and gravitas here. After Trump’s smashing primary victories this past week, there’s a growing sense that the Donald is headed for victory while his legions of bitter opponents are left wringing their hands. In fact, Trump is fast emerging as an American version of the People’s Tribunes of ancient Rome, the important state officials who voiced the people’s anger and concerns. As the … Continue reading →

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Shhhh. I’ve just come from a meeting of the Republican Establishment. You know, those guys who want to replace what the voters want what they want. That Republican Establishment. I’m not supposed to tell you what was said, so don’t quote me. I’ve been to every Republican National Convention since 1964 and I’ve worked the floor at every convention since 1972 including for Ronald Reagan in 1976, the last time we had a contested GOP Convention. So let’s just say I know the ropes. Despite his historic run in the primaries, Trump will never, repeat never, get the nomination if … Continue reading →

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It seems the minute we hear the word ‘fat’, we go running for the hills. But when eaten properly, fats can actually be extremely beneficial to the body and promote metabolism and fat-burning, hormone production, and weight loss. Growing up with Coeliac’s disease, an intolerance to gluten, opened my eyes to the wonders of fats and how great I felt when I scaled back my grain consumption (even gluten free) and focused on obtaining the bulk of my calories from healthy, nourishing fats. Not only are grains pretty hard on the digestive system, they can cause a pretty severe insulin … Continue reading →

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The factually challenged (and largely plagiarized) 1977 TV miniseries Roots had an undeniable influence on how millions of Americans, black and white, view the era of slavery. A standout moment in this well-made piece of historical hooey occurs shortly after Kunta Kinte, the proud African (is there any other kind?), is brought to America and sold into slavery. Kinte is strung up and whipped within an inch of his life by a cruel overseer who is determined to force the kidnapped Mandinka to adopt his “slave name,” Toby. Again and again, the whip cracks, flaying the young warrior’s back. “Toby! … Continue reading →

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Intelligent Americans rarely know the details of the Big Lies and  Total Corruption at the top of the U.S. They don’t have experience at the Top or the vast time it takes to study what is happening at the top to see the truth. But most of them  have a general sense of the awful Big Lies and Corruption of all forms at the top of our society. They know that the people at the top never dare to tell these awful truths about their secret world of Lies and Corruption. The few who have tried to tell the truth … Continue reading →

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Well, that didn’t take long. The car companies havedecided – on their own – to install automated braking in all the cars they make by the 2022 model year, just six years from now. They have come to love Big Brother. No, they have become Big Brother. Anticipating a federal mandate, they have decided to pre-empt NHTSA – the federal bureaucracy that has somehow found authority in the Constitution to “keep us safe” (I’ve looked, could not find the clause) by making us pay for new, expensive technologies most of us neither need nor want. Like automated braking. It appeared a few … Continue reading →

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