how you sit may affect how you vote “WHEN the French legislative assembly met for the first time, in October 1791, it organised itself in such a way that conservative members sat to the right and liberals sat to the left. Over the years, this arrangement became a metaphor for Read more…
It’s good to look back on the successes of the prior year, but the future always beckons us forward! me, myself and my stranger “Where are you right now? Maybe you are at home, the office or a coffee shop—but such responses provide only a partial answer to the question Read more…
Here are a few stories in today’s news: new anti-obesity drug dismissed by FDA “The troubled path of diet drugs continues to look challenging, especially after a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel recommended Thursday that the agency not approve a new anti-obesity medication—the second of three to come Read more…
the “too much caffeine made me do it defense”? “The lawyer for a Kentucky man accused of strangling his wife argued at trial Monday that excessive caffeine from sodas, energy drinks and diet pills left the defendant so sleep-deprived and mentally unstable that he falsely confessed to the killing.” a Read more…
Here are some of the things I am reading today: Early puberty in girls linked to father absence “Girls in homes without a biological father are more likely to hit puberty at an earlier age, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley’s School Read more…