It's always been about my face. My sister pursued her artistic talent. My brother parlayed his smarts into several advanced degrees. I tried to capitalize on my looks. Our parents were all about education, so it's not like I didn't have to think. But the combination opened the door to...
Donald Liebenson | Posted March 20, 2010 | Entertainment
We have giant ants to thank for bringing Fess Parker to the attention of Walt Disney, who was looking for an actor to portray Davy Crockett. I interviewed Mr. Parker, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 85, in 1994 on the occasion of the home video release...
Craig Newmark | Posted March 20, 2010 | Living
The deal at DonorsChoose.org is that a teacher lists a classroom project, and people fund it a little at a time,...
Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted March 20, 2010 | Living
When you're so afraid of bad touch that you pull away from everyone, you end up with no touch and miss out on the good touch that might have healed the pain and hurt from the bad touch.
I can't prove it and neither can you, but I think you'll...
Deb Dion | Posted March 20, 2010 | Denver
The first time I ever ducked the rope to ski the off-piste terrain in Bear Creek at the top of the Telluride Ski Resort, I was following a friend. The snow in the creek was about three feet deeper than it was on the ski area, and it was pretty...
Belinda Etezad Rachman | Posted March 20, 2010 | Entertainment
America's sweetheart is in terrible danger and it doesn't come from her roving husband or his tattooed stripper girlfriend. Ms. Bullock will be the target of a lot of aggressive divorce lawyers. I am sure as we speak, the lens lice who thrive on the media spotlight and love to...
Elizabeth Bisbee Silber | Posted March 20, 2010 | Politics
As the health care debate finally comes to an end, both sides are amping up their rhetoric, rallying their supporters and making their closing arguments. The White House is arm twisting. Nancy Pelosi is vote counting. Republican Congressional leaders are steadying their troops. All of this is predictable, ahead of...
Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted March 20, 2010 | Politics
The State of Texas has taken the phrase: "Better that 100 (or 10) men go free than one innocent person be convicted" and turned it on its head to: "Better one innocent man be executed rather than spend 100 minutes conducting tests to prove his innocence". Hank Skinner is scheduled...
Steve Ralls | Posted March 20, 2010 | Politics
On Sunday afternoon, as many as 100,000 people are expected to descend on the National Mall in Washington and call on President Obama and Congressional leaders to keep a campaign promise: Tackling comprehensive immigration reform this year. Advocates rallying for a diverse array of critical immigration issues - from a...
James Zogby | Posted March 20, 2010 | Politics
This coming week will tell us a great deal about the ability of President Obama to be a strong leader and an honest broker in Middle East peacemaking.
With the President having postponed his Asia visit in order to be on hand for conclusion of Congress' year long deliberations...
Andy Borowitz | Posted March 20, 2010 | Comedy
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - With just hours until the historic vote on health care reform, the Tea Party movement has taken up a new battle cry, protesting what they believe is a "government takeover of Congress."
Thousands of self-styled Teabaggers marched on the Capitol today to make the...
And there is AIPAC's secret memo on its strategy with Congress this week. h/t American For Peace Now and Lara Friedman, its analyst extraordinaire
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I understand what is going on at AIPAC...
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted March 20, 2010 | World
"Any military commander will tell you that the first step to taking control of an area is to take over the airport."
And so Dr. Tiffany Keenan, an emergency room doctor from Bermuda, did so at the Jacmel airport in the days and weeks immediately following the January 12 earthquake...
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted March 19, 2010 | Living
Are you tired and worn out?
Do you have sore muscles, fatigue, and brain fog?
If so, you might have metabolic burnout!
Imagine if you could find a way to tune up your metabolism, increase your energy levels, think clearly, and feel less achy.
Imagine if you could prevent diabetes,...
Julia Moulden | Posted March 19, 2010 | Living
"Went to a party down a red-dirt road. There were lots of pretty people there, reading Rolling Stone, reading Vogue..." That line from Joni Mitchell's California drifted through my head as I rode the streetcar down Spadina to the launch of yet another world-changing venture (see number one below).
Later...
Tara Stiles | Posted March 19, 2010 | Living
Distractions can take us in an exciting direction, but most often borrow our attention briefly without much resistance, and take their sweet time giving it back. Distractions lure us in with an easy escape and then trick us by stealing our attention.
Our lives are full of distractions and...
Anne Naylor | Posted March 19, 2010 | Living
Have you ever suffered from tension in the shoulders? Do you think others around you (especially those closest to you at home or work) should do things differently - help with house cleaning; be kinder or stricter, more understanding or forgiving; be a better leader, fairer, wiser, more inspirational? Have...
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted March 20, 2010 | World
When the fate of Middle East peace is serially derailed by the booby traps planted by the right wing local yokels inside Israel's coalition government it's time to ask what, pray tell, is going on in Jerusalem?
For the uninitiated, Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition is populated by a xenophobic group...
Erik Sanner | Posted March 20, 2010 | Technology
Artists are not generally encouraged to attend art fairs, the majority of which exist primarily to facilitate sales between collectors and dealers who converge for a frenzy of negotiation. And most artists I know don't enjoy them, complaining that there is so much work you can't focus on anything, or...
Huff Radio | Posted March 20, 2010 | Politics
So what does it mean to the left if the health care reform bill passes the House this weekend? Now that he's come around (along with Dennis Kucinich), Bob likens the bill to losing his virginity. It's not such a big deal after all! And the day after the vote,...
Sally Thorner | Posted March 20, 2010 | Living