NORML In a recent presentation given at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research, investigators from the university of California, Los Angeles provided the latest data reaffirming that cannabis consumption is not associated with an elevated...

No gay rights for you! Republican Party Declares That Marriage Is Not For Gays Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, said the party’s platform on gay marriage has not changed despite the massive effort spearheaded...

 Louise Jensen/TinyBuddha “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” ~Ernest Hemingway When I was a child I was part of a family that didn’t communicate beyond “pass the salt.”...

  image source Activist Post A new study has been published from the University of Rochester Medical Center that links long-term diet soda and diet fruit drink consumption with depression. The researchers also established a link showing...

PreventDisease When it comes to teens and young adults taking care of their bodies, appearance is much more important than health. Only a small percentage of men and women from this age group recognize the link between...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Led by President Barack Obama, Democrats claimed on Monday that Republican challenger Mitt Romney privately backs controversial plans to overhaul Medicare and cut trillions from social programs that his new vice presidential...

It can’t be reiterated enough that U.S. stocks and the U.S. economy don’t tell the same story. David Bianco, Deutsche Bank’s Chief U.S. Equity Strategist, often points to these differences when he frames calls on the stock...

HuffPost Last week, DEA chief Michele Leonhart got quite a bit of attention with congressional testimony that left a lot of people shaking their heads in frustration. Here’s what everyone is talking about: “Is crack worse for...

Great chart here from Invictus at The Big Picture (via Ben Domenech) showing the job situation under Bush’s first term and Obama’s first term. The blue line is state government employment. The green line is local govenrment...

Disinfo Stephen Diamond writes in Psychology Todayback in 2009: Greed, like lust and gluttony, is traditionally considered a sin of excess. But greed tends to be applied to the acquisition of material wealth in particular. St. Thomas...