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Don't Turn Drinking Into a Responsibility

Robert Rosenthal | Posted 06.05.2009 | Style

Read More: Funny, Martinis, Booze, Drinking, Responsibility, Margaritas, Alcohol, Liquor, Responsible, War-on-Terror-Oxymoron, Style News

Then there's moral responsibility, civic responsibility, fiduciary responsibility. Don't you just want to say "screw responsibility" some times? Those times were made for drinking.

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Heineken Is Just Our Friend (VIDEO)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 06.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Biz Markie, Commercials, Songs, Hip Hop, Rap, Advertising, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Beer, Heineken, Biz-Markie-Politics, Hip-Hop, TV Advertising, Rap Music, Entertainment News

Have you seen this new Heineken commercial, "Let a Stranger Drive You Home?" Last week, it shot Biz Markie's 1990 hit "Just a Friend" onto the iTunes bestsellers list.

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420: Thoughts on Pot vs. Alcohol from a Former Police Chief

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: 4/20, Overdose Deaths, Pot Holiday, Marijuana, Police, 420, Pot, War on Drugs, Marijuana Health Effects, 20th, Weed, Prohibition, Leap, Marijuana Holiday, 4-20, Alcohol, National Pot Smoking Day, Legalize Marijuana, 4:20, Legalization, April 20, Happy 420, Norm Stamper, Politics News

If one of these two drugs is implicated in dire health effects, high mortality rates, and physical violence -- and the other is not -- what are we to make of our nation's marijuana laws?

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The Murder Of Kitty Genovese

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

If Kitty's murder has prevented Bystander Effect or Diffusion of Responsibility in those who were offended by the human failings that resulted in her death, then she was was a hero.

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Dueling Docs: Is Drinking Linked to Breast Cancer?

Janice Horowitz | Posted 05.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Estrogen, Breast Cancer, Alcohol, Mammograms, Wine, Booze, Heart Disease, Drinking, Health Statistics, Living News

A recent report suggests that as little as one extra glass of wine, beer or hard liquor a day can increase a woman's odds of developing of breast cancer.

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Not So Fast! Give Your Little Girl a Chance to Be a Little Girl

Len Simonian | Posted 05.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Toys, Girls, Dolls, Sex, Alcohol, Body Image, Drugs, Childhood, Sexy, Women and Body Image, Living News

Guiding and protecting your daughter does not mean sheltering her in a bubble. It means not buying her the revealing short shorts that "all the other girls are wearing."

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Taxing and Banning: The Only Clear Strategies Our Leaders Seem to Have

Alan Miller | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uk, Salt, Junk Food, Governor Paterson, Smoking Ban, Chocolate, Trans Fat Ban, Alcohol, Mike Bloomberg, Politics News

In these troubled times it seems the one thing that we can be sure of is that bureaucrats and politicians are keen to go after the small pleasures of life and hit us where it hurts.

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The Ultimate 9-Step Guide to Looking Good

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Smoking, Marijuana, Drugs, Makeup, Drinking, Supermodels, Breakfast, Cigarettes, Calories, Anorexia, Health, Sex, Exercise, Alcohol, Food, Skinny Models, Weight Loss, Ritalin, Bulimia, Living News

Vegetables give you gas and require vitamin supplementation. Cannibalism is illegal. And I'm too self-conscious to take my jiggling torso to a public gym.

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Try Catching a Few ZZZ's to Stop Catching Colds

Anne Dunev | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Driving, Sleeplessness, Cold Remedies, Mothers, Illness, Traffic Accidents, Kgb, Carnegie Mellon, How to Sleep Better, Alcohol, Romans-Empire, Sleeping, Science of Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Russia KGB, Torture, Sleep, Living News

Getting less than seven hours of sleep each night can make you three times more likely to catch a cold. And if you sleep restlessly, that makes you five times more susceptible.

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Sluggish Economy Affects Number of College Girls Going Wild

Tom McCaffrey | Posted 04.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Spring Break, Lesbian, Usa, University of Colorado, America, US Economy, Joe Francis, College, Slutty Costumes, Girls Gone Wild, Skanky, Alcohol, American Flag, The Dude, Susan B. Anthony, Dude, Comedy News

Spring Break '09 showed the lowest amount of drunken women taking off their tops for video cameras ever.

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How Do I Survive a Winter Storm? -- 5 Myths Debunked

Ben Sherwood | Posted 04.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Winter Storm, Snow, Professor Popsicle, Hypothermia, Cold, Survival, How to Survive a Winter Storm, Cold Weather, Snow Storms, The Survivors Club, Catch a Cold, Alcohol, Sugar, Green News

Some 95 percent of those who perish in cold water aren't actually hypothermic. The cold doesn't kill them -- it's the terror, which leads to drowning and heart attacks.

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Siam Sunray: Thailand Invents National Cocktail To Lure Tourists

The Guardian | Ian MacKinnon | Posted 03.23.2009 | World

Read More: Tourism, Cocktail, South Asia, Thailand Cocktail, Alcohol, Southeast Asia, National Cocktail, National Drink, Thailand, Asia, Thailand Tourism, World News

When tourism has taken a self-inflicted battering, the temptation might be to have a drink to drown your sorrows. Thailand is going a step further: i...

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Kellogg's Insider on Phelps: Corporation More Concerned About Chemical Delivery Than Marijuana

Don Parker | Posted 03.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Michael Phelps Bong, Frosted Flakes, Nutrition, Satire, Alcohol, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Froot Loops, Synthetic Chemicals, Kellogg's, Political Humor, Tobacco, Michael Phelps Marijuana, Doritos, Michael Phelps, Comedy News

Kellogg's has revealed that the company dropped Phelps as their spokesperson for undermining its corporate mission--to keep as many Americans as possible addicted to synthetic chemicals, food dyes, and artificial sweeteners.

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Good Beer In Bad Times

Michael Boland | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business

In down times, there isn't a leveling effect across the market but instead a weeding out of the weaker players, where the fittest not only survive but sometimes thrive.

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Seeking Happiness? Try Pursuing Purpose

Anne Dunev | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Blood Sugar, Type 2 Diabetes, America, Purpose, Economic Crisis, Beer, Weight Loss Tips, Diet, Common Sense Nms, Puritanism, How to Lose Weight, Life Purpose, Happiness, Cream Puffs, Declaration of Independence, Weight Control, Cocktails, Biological, Dieting, David McCullough, Alcohol, John Adams, Purpose in Life, Aarp, Weight Loss, Diabetes, The Purpose Driven Life, Pharmaceuticals, Health Care, Healthcare, Ben Franklin, Living News

It appears we contemporary Americans may have switched the interpretation of "pursuit of happiness" to "pursuit of pleasure."

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The Media's Sexual Irresponsibility

Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 03.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Proof Blog, Sex, Tracy Clark-Flory, Alcohol, New York Times, Morality, Violet Blue, Best Sex Writing 2009, Jim Atkinson, Sexuality, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Media News

Those of us who write about sex, not to mention all those heathen divorcees and masturbators, get plenty of flak. I'm tired of sex being seen as scandalous, inconsequential, or worse, pointless.

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The Tequila Industry: A Model for Conservation?

Susan Cosier | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: Tequila, Farming, Geographical Indication, Agave, Chile, South America, Central America, Economy, Sustainable Agriculture, Mexico, Liquor, Colombia, Farmers, Alcohol, Sustainability, North America, World News

For centuries farmers have been roasting, fermenting and distilling the agave plant's roasted heart to brew what many consider to be the national drink of Mexico: tequila.

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What Is Addiction?

Stanton Peele | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living

Addiction is a nasty business which enslaves people. But if you're going to target that practice, then you'd better come and take all the coffee and Diet Coke the office.

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The Obama Inaugural Drinking Game

Anne Hill | Posted 02.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, Keith Olbermann, Barack Obama Inauguration Speech, Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, Drinking, Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama, Drinking Games, Alcohol, Booze, Style News

I have come up with a simple, celebratory drinking game to help ease the pain of what may very well be a day that will live in infamy: the day that keeps haunting us, the day we lowered the bar on change.

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The Scent of Sleep

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Herbal Supplements, Health, Alcohol, Insomnia, Aromatherapy, Sleep Disorders, Sleep, Sleep Doctor, Cocktails, Lavender, Living News

If the thought of another holiday cocktail makes your stomach rumble, then seeing this article posted last week won't be appealing. But it offers some...

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Ohmigod! Drinkers Think Better for Longer! Hide This From Children AND Adults!

Stanton Peele | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Health, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimers, Dependence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drugs, Alzheimer's, Binge Drinking, Substance Abuse, Drinking, Living News

How much is less than 1-2 drinks? Maybe put a touch of alcohol on your tongue every other day with an eye dropper -- no cheating and putting two drops while we're not looking!

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Oh Canada, Get Some Sleep!

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 02.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Sleep Aids, Economic Cost of Insomnia, Health, Alcohol, Insomnia, Sleep Products, Sleep Deprivation, Fatigue, Pharmaceuticals, Canada, Sleep Disorders, Living News

A recent study I read showed some interesting aspects about the sleep of our friends to the north, and they seem to be as bad as ours here in the US! ...

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Going Green For Beer: Poor Mass Transit In The US Makes Alcohol More Dangerous

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Mass Transit, Green Living, Green Cars, Drinking, Alcohol, Beer, Public Transportation, Green News

President-Elect Barack Obama is under pressure from all sides to create exactly the right kind of economic stimulus package -- some want it green, som...

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How to Fake a Distinguished Wine Palate

Sophie Brickman | Posted 01.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Flavors, Alcohol, Beer, White Wine, Wine Tasting, Red Wine, Food, Wine, Culinary School, Style News

Take a small sip of your wine, swish it around, and pretend to spit it out in your cup. Do not actually spit it out. You will not be able to make it through an entire evening with oenophiles otherwise.

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