Category: Aggregated

A guiding principle for physicians is primum non nocere, the Latin expression for “first, do no harm.” In order not to do harm, whether it’s with medicine or with public policy, the first order of business is accurate diagnostics. Racial discrimination is seen as the cause of many problems of black Americans. No one argues that racial discrimination does not exist or does not have effects. The relevant question, as far as policy and resource allocation are concerned, is: How much of what we see is caused by current racial discrimination? From the late 1940s to the mid-1950s, black youth … Continue reading →

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China has completed production of the world’s largest amphibious aircraft which will be used to fight forest fires and perform marine rescues. The aircraft, dubbed the AG600, is around the size of a Boeing 737 – far larger than any other plane built to take off and land on water. It has a maximum flight range of 2,800 miles and can collect 12 tonnes of water in 20 seconds. Its maximum take-off weight of 53.5 tonnes. The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China unveiled the first of the new planes on Saturday in the southern port city of Zhuhai. The … Continue reading →

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Somewhere along my travels, I found an old Chinese proverb that says this: The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their true names. I’ve found a great deal of value in that little saying. It is, in fact, a fundamental building block of human development. So long as we call things by false names, we maintain our own confusion and contribute to our own abuse. So, today I want to examine several instances of calling things by false names and to define true names for them. True Name #1: “Because violent people say so.” We’ve all heard young … Continue reading →

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Facebook admits it blocked links to DNC email leaks after censorship accusations

Big Pharma prescriptions including painkillers, antidepressants plummeting as seniors turn to medical cannabis

Glyphosate disrupts DNA function, causing ‘medical chaos’ in the form of multiple diseases including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, say researchers

Police Incitement Against Black Lives Matter Is Putting Protesters in Danger

$7.5million military-grade protection: NYPD buys new equipment for patrol officers

Dangerous Path: Religious minorities under threat after failed Turkey coup

The New York Times: Hillary’s Press Agent

Democratic Republic of Congo Land Grabs: Plantation Company Pressures Farming Communities to Cede Land Rights

Historic Civil Law Suit against Alleged War Criminal George W. Bush in California: Chilcot Report Submitted to the Ninth Circuit Court

A Civil War Looming in Israel?

Volunteers and Refugees on Greece’s Samos Island

#JeSuisPrêtre: Twitter lights up in prayer for priest murdered in Normandy