Culture and Society

Susan Wood, director of the FDA's Office of Women's Health, has submitted her resignation in protest over what appears to be another instance of the Bush Administration overruling the opinions of its own scientists.

Maybe I missed the psalm or parable that preaches the end justifies the means...

The purpose of the investigation, Boehert said in a letter, "seems to be to intimidate scientists rather than to learn from them."

E.M.D.R. offers a means to find your way clear of a past that could be crippling your future.

I'm not up to six yet(cups of coffee) and I don't think I should play around with something as dangerous as type two diabetes.

Cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good, Now, cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good, When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move. (“When the Levee Breaks” Led Zeppelin) Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on the morning of August 29 – there …

...what are you going to do when there's nothing left to have dominion over except a lot of desert.

In order to live a want free life one must have the awareness to understand where one's own personal fulfillment lies...

I am optimistic that over time, world Islam can become a religion compatible with modernity, that separation of church and state can come to be the norm and that other religions will be respected. I don’t know how long it will take or how many terrorists and innocents will have …

This is the first in an occasional series about my exploration of Buddhism while riding the New York subway.