The victim has been re-victimized by the court and a system that has let her (and all rape victims) down.
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NY Woman Claims Her Body Brews Alcohol to Evade DUI Charge
A very rare condition known as auto-brewery syndrome in which the body converts ordinary food into alcohol.
Read More »Mental Healthcare in Federal Prison: An Inside Look at the Bureau of Prison’s Mental Health Companion Program
Some Bureau of Prisons staff have recognized that, at least in some cases, approaching chronically self-destructive behavior as a treatment issue (not a disciplinary one) is the only way to rehabilitate someone with serious mental illness.
Read More »Language Matters in Life and Business: Yes Means Yes in the Age of Consent
One reason campus sexual assault is such a tough issue to address is that it's so hard to come up with clear, effective language.
Read More »Militia and Birds at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
I worry that Malheur, after occupation by an armed militia group, will no longer be a protected place where coyote choirs color the night with magical music and millions of birds rest, feed, mate, and raise babies to fly high in the future.
Read More »Language Matters in Life and Business: Gun Rhetoric Control
In sloganeering, clarity must come first.
Read More »Shooting Stars – The Media Promotes Terrorism and Obama Stokes Gun Sales
All this media attention on killers and terrorists is merely giving food to the monster that doth mock the hand that feeds it.
Read More »The Reaction to Terrorist Attacks – Are We Giving Them Exactly What They Want?
If our main problem with terrorists is that they threaten our way of life, how can we fray the fabric of that existence in an effort to combat them?
Read More »Paris Attacks: Give Peace a Chance
The killings in Paris are part of a cycle based on erroneous beliefs and assumptions. Now is a time when we can pause and start a new cycle – a cycle of waking up to our oneness with each other, with our Mother Earth and indeed the entire universe.
Read More »Bombings in Beirut a Day Before Paris Attacks Get Minimal Coverage
All lives matter – ALL lives – and it’s about time the media embraces that fact and proves it by the stories that are covered.
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