Here is what I am reading about today: what influences psychopathic traits ‘The study, the first to identify a specific gene associated with psychopathic tendencies in youth, appears this month in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. People with psychopathic traits generally are more callous and unemotional than their peers, said Read more…
Three years ago, my daughter Karen and I went over to our local Jenny Craig. Karen had finished her college eligibility in track and field, and wanted to shed her shot putter pounds. Little did I know that she and her dad had conspired to convince me to join, too, Read more…
I live in California, the Central Coast of California to be exact, and as far as the eye can see, we have vineyards. Needless to say, a major hobby in this part of the world is winetasting, made even more popular by the cult film Sideways. So when my childhood Read more…
As the second anniversary of my weightloss maintenance on Jenny Craig approaches, it seems only fitting to consider the state of overweight and obesity in the United States. The news is not encouraging. New data from Trust for America’s Health says that Americans are continuing to get fatter. The Trust Read more…
Most of us in higher education are struggling to understand the remarkable level of alcohol consumption evidenced by our students. One of my clicker questions this past quarter, in conjunction with a discussion of how the brain protects us from toxins, asked how many students had vomited from drinking alcohol. Read more…