Tag Archives: Family and Relationships

Most American parents, and kids for that matter, have accepted the vital importance of auto child safety seats for babies and young children: it’s the law of the land and you can’t even take a newborn home from the hospital without producing an approved baby pod. But when kids outgrow …

Before blaming anyone for their deficiencies, perhaps we need to look in a mirror?

This script, used only by women in a remote area of China, was declared "lost" last year.

...you might as well save up your premiums and a make a yearly trip to Las Vegas and lay them all on black at the roulette table.

We have more time and energy to devote to the present and future of our societies and our world.

When we allow religion to dictate policy we have limited our options to one narrow view.

I am my own ultimate destination, and no matter how hard and fast I travel I will always end up here, in this body.

If we are as pluralistic a society as we say we are, shouldn't we apply the same standards to everybody?

"The situation of people living and dying with AIDS in parts of Africa is so desperate that even the most basic help will bring solace and hope"

Recently I read the cover story in Newsweek sensationalizing the spread of meth across the country. Publications that should know better have done a terrible job covering the issue, many calling it an “epidemic”. For more on that see Slate’s good piece on the topic of why drug reporting is, …