Obesity Policy and the Law of Unintended Consequences

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Obesity Policy and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Noncitizen Soldiers joining the army

Many immigrants who hold green cards are joining the army with the hope of speeding up their citizenship status. This statement leads one to pose the following question, Are we using Non-Americans to fight our war in Irak? This is an interesting issue, which is further discussed in the article below.

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Noncitizen soldiers: the quandaries of foreign-born troops | csmonitor.com

epigenetics

This scientific field may explain how some people get certain diseases while others don't. Read this provocative article.

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BOB Woodward's New Book

We all learned last month that Mark Felt, the former FBI agent, outed himself as the infamous Deep Throat. He was the secret that everybody associated with Watergate wanted to know, as well as the public in general. For this reason, when the press reported that Woodward was going to publish a book on this subject, there was excitement in the air about finding new revelations. Unfortunately, Ronald Brownstein, reporter of the Washington Post, says that the new book is below expectations.

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Bob Woodward fails to dig deeply enough

Canada Legalizes Gay Marriages

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Salon.com | Canada drifts further from the U.S.

Will the Three Branches of Government be in Charge of the Republican Party?

Now that Sandra Day O'Connor will retire from the Supreme Court, the Republican Party senses that for the first time it will control all branches of government, since they already have a Republican President and both Houses of Congress.

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What is Patriotism?

Richard A. Kaye writes in the Los Angeles Times " But something vital has been lost in this debate — namely, the disturbingly limited way in which many public officials define patriotism. Exactly when and how did patriotic feeling get defined in such reactive, negative terms? Since when does being patriotic require not so much a commitment to positive ideals and actions but, rather, to gestures that encourage an atmosphere of fearful watchfulness, xenophobia and the surrender of our freedoms?

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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-patriotism3jul03,0,4351175.story?track=hppromobox

Benefits of Stem Cell Reserach

The Pew Research Center has published a survey which shows that the public views favorably the benefits of Stem Cell Research.

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Freedom

There is nothing better like summer in Central Park.

Ritalin May Cause Cancer

A study of children who were administered Ritalin at a young age claims that as adult these children may develop cancer. Read more:

Report of Ritalin Risks Prompts a Federal Study - New York Times