Man Alone is A Religious Animal

Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc.  These are but accessories.  The source of religious preoccupation is in the self, or rather the rejection of the self.  Dedication is the obverse side of self-rejection.  Man alone is a religious animal because, as Montaigne points out, "it is a malady confined to man, and not seen in any other creature, to hate and despise ourselves." ~ Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)

National Geographic Photo of the Day: Cuba Coast


Three Flags


http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/three-flags/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Brain Food Table of Contents - Dieoff.org

http://www.dieoff.org/

Chinese use Internet to show their political dissent

http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/2010-12-29-chinainternet29_CV_N.htm

Pope’s child porn 'normal' claim sparks outrage among victims



http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/popersquos-child-porn-normal-claim-sparks-outrage-among-victims-15035449.html

Rubber room's 'dirty' old man

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/rubber_room_dirty_old_man_t4OA6Bw25idPYynCnVJHyO

How Bell hit bottom

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bell-origins-20101228,0,7575695.story

‘Doubling Up’ in Recession-Strained Quarters

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/us/29families.html

The Hunt Is On: Massive Collider Churning Out Data


http://www.npr.org/2010/12/28/132406486/the-hunt-is-on-massive-collider-churning-out-data

For Young Swiss Rebels, A Dark Chapter In History

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/28/132406305/for-young-swiss-rebels-a-dark-chapter-in-history

Army Boot Camp Embraces New-Age Fitness

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/28/132407022/army-ditches-boot-camp-in-favor-of-new-age-fitness

Long Finger Linked to Cancer Risk, Study Finds

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703814804576035641517516376.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

2010 worst year for bank failures since 1992

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/28/AR2010122803649.html?hpid=topnews

Survey: Women Think About Food More Than Sex

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/12/28/survey-women-think-about-food-more-than-sex/

Because the Night Belongs to Her

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/opinion/26dowd.html

In Pursuit of a Mind Map, Slice by Slice

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/science/28brain.html?src=twrhp

So Young and So Many Pills

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203731004576046073896475588.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Global Food Prices in 2011 Face Perilous

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/business/29views.html?src=busln

HOW TO: Customize the New Facebook Profile

http://mashable.com/2010/12/28/customize-new-facebook-profile/

'Million Dollar Money Drop' Invites Couple Back After Mistaken Wrong Answer

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/25/million-dollar-money-drop_n_801221.html

Cheaters Find an Adversary in Technology

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/education/28cheat.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Muslim Women Gain Higher Profile in U.S.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/world/middleeast/28iht-muslim28.html

Where are the jobs? Overseas, of course

http://www.salon.com/news/great_recession/?story=/news/feature/2010/12/28/us_overseas_hiring

Twenty police respond to man playing with crossbow in his backyard, seize house

http://www.examiner.com/la-county-libertarian-in-los-angeles/twenty-police-respond-to-man-playing-with-crossbow-his-backyard-seize-house

Osama bin Laden is dead

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/23/osama-bin-laden-is-dead/

National Geographic Photo of the Day: Grand Canyon National Park


http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/puebloan-granaries-grand-canyon/

African Huts Far From the Grid Glow With Renewable Power

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/25/science/earth/25fossil.html

My Wife's Cancer Holds Lesson for Health Care: David Klein

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/?source=NavPhoPOD

U.S. Consumer Confidence Deteriorated in December

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/business/economy/29econ.html

10 Predictions for Web Development in 2011

http://mashable.com/2010/12/27/web-development-predictions/

Friend Count Linked to the Size of a Certain Body Part?

http://mashable.com/2010/12/27/friend-count-linked-to-body-part-size/

Police fatalities jump 37 percent in 2010

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/28/police-fatalities-jump-percent/

'True Grit': John Wayne vs. Jeff Bridges -- which one has more true grit?

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2010/12/27/wayne-vs-bridges-who-has-more-true-grit/

Race could backfire on the right

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/27/zelizer.barbour.race/?hpt=C2

Bundle Up, It’s Global Warming

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/opinion/26cohen.html?src=twrhp

Pilot in Hot Water for Exposing Security Flaws

http://news.travel.aol.com/2010/12/23/pilot-in-hot-water-for-exposing-security-flaws/

Ex-Shell president sees $5 gas in 2012

http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/27/markets/oil_commodities/

The top 10 tech trends of 2010

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/12/27/top.tech.trends.year/

The Finite World

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/opinion/27krugman.html

Book publishers see their role as gatekeepers shrink

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/26/business/la-fi-gatekeepers-20101226

On McDonald's Menu: Variety, Caution

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703531504575624741901256252.html

Scholars Recruit Public for Project

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/books/28transcribe.html

Navy Uses Electromagnets to Launch Fighter Jet

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/24/navy-uses-railgun-launch-fighter-jets/

Christmas - and dim sum

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/26/local/la-me-chinatown-christmas-20101226

Disney Tackles Major Theme Park Problem: Lines

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/business/media/28disney.html

America's Dangerous Rush to Shrink Its Military Power

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703727804576017513713585854.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Anti-bias agency cracks down on the use of credit and criminal checks in job screening

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-employment-discrimination-20101227,0,3410214.story

How Superstars’ Pay Stifles Everyone Else

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/business/26excerpt.html

'Eternal' solar plane's records are confirmed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12074162

Pensions Push Taxes Higher

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704278404576037681933247842.html

Who are you? Wife of 22 years pleads with husband to reveal his true identity – but he refuses

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1341061/British-woman-asks-jailed-husband-22-years-reveal-true-identity-refuses.html

Bailed-Out Banks Slip Toward Failure

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203568004576044014219791114.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

The teens who build the iPhones

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/12/24/the-kids-who-build-the-iphones/?section=magazines_fortune

Doubting Sarah

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/12/24/palin_gop_criticism

Report Strengthens Suspicions That Stuxnet Sabotaged Iran’s Nuclear Plant

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/isis-report-on-stuxnet/

Blessings of an Amish Christmas

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-12-24/living/an.amish.christmas_1_amish-children-amish-community-christmas-cards?_s=PM:LIVING

Did Abraham Lincoln's assassin get away? DNA could end questions

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/24/did-abraham-lincolns-assassin-get-away-dna-could-end-questions/

What WikiLeaks revealed to the world in 2010

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/24/wikileaks

The Jewish View of Creationism

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-adam-jacobs/the-jewish-view-of-creati_b_800257.html

Is This the Peak for Netflix?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703548604576037920087686958.html

National Geographic Photo of the Day: Niger River


http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/niger-river-historian-stirton/

2010: The Year the Internet Went to War

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/internet-war/

290+ Social Media Resources From 2010

http://mashable.com/2010/12/26/social-media-resources-2010/

On Forgiveness

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/on-forgiveness/?partner=rss&emc=rss

'Iceberg Cowboy' Finds Archway in Middle of Ocean

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/23/marine-biologist-finds-iceberg-archway-middle-ocean/

The Khan Academy - Providing a world-class education to anyone, anywhere.

http://www.khanacademy.org/

You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Cry

http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/12/24/132216462/you-better-watch-out-you-better-not-cry

Is This The World's Most Coveted Painting?

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/25/132283848/is-this-the-worlds-most-coveted-painting

Strip Clubs: Launch Pads For Hits In Atlanta

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/12/23/132287578/strip-clubs-launch-pads-for-hits-in-atlanta

National Geographic Photo of the Day: Motocross Biker, Colorado


http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/motocross-colorado/

New Type of Ancient Human Found—Descendants Live Today?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101222-new-human-species-dna-nature-science-evolution-fossil-finger/

Soldier's Christmas letter still stirs war memories

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-12-26-soldier-letter_N.htm

The best and worst of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day TV marathons

http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/12/22/christmas-eve-day-tv-marathons/

For These Young Nuns, Habits Are The New Radical

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/22/131753494/for-these-young-nuns-habits-are-the-new-radical

Free Kindle Books: A Guide

http://mashable.com/2010/12/25/free-kindle-books/

Civil War Message Opened, Decoded: No Help Coming

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/25/civil-war-message-opened-decoded-help-coming/

AA-12 - World's deadliest shotgun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ebtj1jR7c
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atchisson_Assault_Shotgun

U.S. Army Unveils 'Revolutionary' XM25 Rifle in Afghanistan

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/24/armys-revolutionary-rifle-use-afghanistan/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM25_Individual_Airburst_Weapon_System
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgh4uy5A-lI

Pentagon Wants to Give Troops Terminator Vision

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/12/pentagon-wants-to-give-troops-terminator-vision/

Tea Partiers and the Spirit of Giving - Charitable gifts are a cheerful protest vote against the growing state

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704774604576036010174911064.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Walking Santa, Talking Christ - Why do Americans claim to be more religious than they are?

http://www.slate.com/id/2278923/

Payday Lenders Go Hunting

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703548604576037810735726984.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Some Google employees defect, then rebel

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-12-24/tech/ex.google.employees_1_google-chrome-user-data-target-ads?_s=PM:TECH

No Signal: Homes Often Baffle Wi-Fi From Routers

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704774604576035691589888786.html

Five airports with art worth seeing

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/12/23/five.airport.artwork/

A Bittersweet Christmas Story

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/24/a-bittersweet-christmas-story/?partner=rss&emc=rss

10 Best Gaffes of 2010 That You May Have Missed

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/12/22/10-best-gaffes-of-2010-that-you-may-have-missed/

A Lawyer's Paradise - Atop all its other woes, California adds litigation madness.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703581204576033781635883412.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

A Quest to Explain What Grades Really Mean

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/education/26grades.html

To Virginia’s Family, Yes, Santa Claus Is Still Real

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/25/nyregion/25virginia.html

A Poor Little Rich Girl at Christmas

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/fashion/23Lowell.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

Rape rampant in US military

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2010/12/2010122182546344551.html

Cables Portray Expanded Reach of Drug Agency

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/world/26wikidrugs.html

The Amazing Grace Christmas Light House

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnk0KjWxgMA&feature=player_embedded

National Geographic Photo of the Day: Hang Son Doong Cave, Vietnam


http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/hang-son-doong-cave-vietnam/

DNA tests confirm a previously unknown hominid species

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/24/science/la-sci-new-hominid-20101224

What a gay Marine taught me

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-brannon-dadt-20101225,0,3160780.story

Rodent of the Week: You are what your father ate

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/24/news/la-heb-rodent-epigenetics-20101224

A Holiday Message From Ricky Gervais: Why I’m an Atheist

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/12/19/a-holiday-message-from-ricky-gervais-why-im-an-atheist/

Does God Exist? Ricky Gervais Takes Your Questions

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/12/22/does-god-exist-ricky-gervais-takes-your-questions/

Anne Rice’s Christmas Confession

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/12/24/anne-rice-on-the-true-meaning-of-christmas/

National Geographic Photo of the Day: Western Breithorn, European Alps


Welcome to NORAD Tracks Santa

http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html

Angry Father Castrates Daughter's Older Boyfriend

http://www.yourtango.com/201065336/angry-father-castrates-daughters-older-boyfriend

Record Set for World’s Youngest Chess Champion

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/25/world/asia/25chess.html

The Bloggess and the Christmas Gift Card Miracle of 2010*

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2010/12/a_bloggess_miracle_blog_inspir.html

A Solitary Jailhouse Lawyer Argues His Way Out of Prison

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304023804575566201554448476.html

National Geographic Photo of the Day: Namsto Lake, Tibet


Sugar Pills Help, Even When Patients are Aware of Them

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/placebos-work-deception-study/story?id=12462093&tqkw=&tqshow=GMA

Diners Ask Restaurant For 47 Separate Checks... And That's Before They Pulled Out Their Groupons

http://consumerist.com/2010/12/diners-ask-restaurant-for-47-separate-checks-try-to-use-groupons-for-each-check.html

The Curious Evolution of Holiday Lights

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/holiday-light-history/

Oops! Most embarrassing celebrity wardrobe malfunctions

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/galleries/oops_most_embarrassing_celebrity_wardrobe_malfunctions/oops_most_embarrassing_celebrity_wardrobe_malfunctions.html

There is No Movement Without the First Follower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_qO7NFp4-s

A Billionaire's Dune Duel

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703395904576025993432953986.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Teen birthrate hits record low

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/21/AR2010122105780.html

Internet Gets New Rules of the Road

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703581204576033513990668654.html

The Great Parenting Debate: Should School Kids Rely on Computers?

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/21/great-parenting-debate-school-kids-computers/

U.K. terror plot aimed British landmarks, shopping

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-12-21-britain-terror-plot_N.htm

The Captive Arab Mind

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/opinion/21iht-edcohen21.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Fuel cells popping up in California

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bloom-box-20101221,0,6209641.story

A Gay Commander in Chief: Ready or Not?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/opinion/19dowd.html

Mayors' group reports rising need for food assistance

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2010-12-22-food22_ST_N.htm

Winter Solstice 2010 Marks Shortest Day

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpps/news/winter-solstice-2010-marks-shortest-day-dpgoha-20101221-fc_11160167#

When Banks Break Into Homes

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/business/22lockout.html

Census: 308.7 million people live here

http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/21/pf/Census_2010/

Ocean's One - What's the point of stealing casino chips?

http://www.slate.com/id/2278380/

The Doctor's Dog Will See You Now

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703886904576031521407391768.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Mark Twain’s Riverboat Ramblings

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/books/review/Keillor-t.html

Retiree Benefits Are Cheating Our Children

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/21/retiree-benefits-are-cheating-our-children.html#

As U.S. becomes more diverse, Hispanics flourish

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BK2UC20101221

F.C.C. Is Set to Regulate Net Access

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/business/media/21fcc.html

E-Mail Gets an Instant Makeover

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/technology/21email.html?src=busln

Student who conned his way into Harvard says sorry

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/17/student-conned-harvard-sorry

Death Penalty Down in U.S., Figures Show

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/us/21penalty.html

Wikipedia: Guillotine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine

Ambose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary"

http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/devils/
http://www.thedevilsdictionary.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil's_Dictionary

Earth Day: Give Earth a Hand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep9MFiWXR8M

If you've ever skied or snowboarded, this will blow your mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ufVNNkVIO0

Report: Harmful chemical found in tap water of 31 U.S. cities

http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/20/carcinogen-found-in-31-of-35-cities-water-supply/

The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-franken/the-most-important-free-s_b_798984.html

One of the World's Biggest Telescopes Is Buried Beneath the South Pole

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/17/icecube-antarctica-worlds-biggest-telescope-south-pole/

Echinacea for a cold? Eh, don't bother, study concludes

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-echninacea-colds-20101220,0,2223730.story

Is organic always the best pick when it comes to buying food?

http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/food/2010-12-21-Organics21_CV_N.htm

Just Breathe: Body Has A Built-In Stress Reliever

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/06/131734718/just-breathe-body-has-a-built-in-stress-reliever&sc=nl&cc=es-20101212

Video Games Boost Brain Power, Multitasking Skills

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/20/132077565/video-games-boost-brain-power-multitasking-skills

Internet porn block 'not possible' say ISPs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12041063

Most bird-like dinosaurs ate plants, new study finds

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iNk8idDzekAKlUjjPTBlajRDfg-Q?docId=CNG.60eb4047766bf2f855b1e742fd8c9784.e31

Stop pretending - California's public schools are being asked to do more even as funding is cut. It can't be done

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-schools-20101220,0,2566331.story

TED: Ideas worth spreading - Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world


http://www.ted.com/

'We let a wolf in': He seemed like the perfect preacher -- until his flock discovered his murder conviction.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/10/AR2010121005108.html

A Tough Season for Believers

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/opinion/20douthat.html

An Orlando theme park of biblical proportions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40725621/ns/travel-destination_travel/

The FCC's Threat to Internet Freedom

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703395204576023452250748540.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

10 Predictions for the News Media in 2011

http://mashable.com/2010/12/20/news-media-predictions/

New study finds baby boomers are in a funk

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/12/17/pew.baby.boomer.gloomy.outlook/?hpt=C2

New Online-Date Detectives Can Unmask Mr. or Ms. Wrong

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/us/19date.html?src=twrhp

Phone-Wielding Shoppers Strike Fear Into Retailers

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576019691769574496.html

Wordsmith - A Word A Day

http://wordsmith.org/

Crisis of Capitalism

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0&feature=player_embedded

Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

Changing education paradigms

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms.html

Fearless woman's brain reveals key to phobias

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/17/fearless-woman-study.html

Is Going to an Elite College Worth the Cost?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/weekinreview/19steinberg.html

Freakonomics Radio: Do More Expensive Wines Taste Better?

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/freakonomics-radio-do-more-expensive-wines-taste-better/

A Physicist Solves the City

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/magazine/19Urban_West-t.html

Which “dumbphones” are still worth buying?

http://www.appolicious.com/finance/articles/4344-which-dumbphones-are-still-worth-buying

Motorola Tundra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt33pZrm6EU

Einstein was right, you can be in two places at once

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/einstein-was-right-you-can-be-in-two-places-at-once-2162648.html

Gone With the Myths

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/opinion/19Ball.html

Mental Health Needs Grow at Colleges

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/health/20campus.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Simon's Cat in 'Santa Claws'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn2h3_aH3vo

The U.S.S. Prius

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/opinion/19friedman.html

The high price we pay for cheap food

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/19/dawson.cheap.food.danger/?hpt=C2

God And Dog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H17edn_RZoY

Prime Time TV 'Objectifies and Fetishizes' Underage Girls, Study Says

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/12/16/new-study-shows-images-sexualized-teen-girls-dominating-airwaves/

Exiled by fear

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-munoz-mexico-20101219,0,5623596.story

As hunters retire, license sales drop, hurting conservation

http://michaelscircularfile.blogspot.com/

Hospice - For patients and families facing life-threatening illness

http://www.hospicenet.org/

Easing life's final choices

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/18/local/la-me-1219-end-of-life-doctor-20101219

Caring Bridge - Connecting Family and Friends When Health Matters Most

http://www.caringbridge.org/

Bill Moyers: "Welcome to the Plutocracy!"

http://www.truth-out.org/bill-moyers-money-fights-hard-and-it-fights-dirty64766

America's First Jet Flight, October 1942

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mhF49AJrVg&feature=player_embedded

Maverick Flying Car at Oshkosh

http://www.eaavideo.org/video.aspx?v=635469588001

Old 666 - The most decorated aircrew mission of WWII

http://biggeekdad.com/2010/10/old-666/

Abbott and Costello: Who's on First?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M

Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE

The ultimate in satellite viewing: Spectacular photos taken in 2010 from the International Space Station

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1338774/Photographs-taken-2010-International-Space-Station.html

Snag Films - Watch Free Documentaries Online

http://www.snagfilms.com/

Steve Lee: I Like Guns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TC2xTCb_GU

The 14 Biggest Celebrity Meltdowns of 2010

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/12/15/biggest-celebrity-meltdowns/

Cleaning up your carb act: Where to begin

http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-carbs-tips-20101220,0,4380325.story

The Niggar Family

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtqqMchhUkw

The day Niagara Falls ran dry

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1338793/Niagara-Falls-ran-dry-Photos-moment-iconic-waterfall-came-standstilll.html

Our Dickensian Economy

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704828104576022002280730440.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Wikipedia: World Population

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population

U.S. & World Population Clocks

http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html

World Population

http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=sp_pop_totl&tdim=true&dl=en&hl=en&q=world+population

A Vision of Students Today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

A Vision of K-12 Students Today

http://michaelscircularfile.blogspot.com/

13 Products Most Likely To Made By Child Or Forced Labor

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/18/child-labor-products_n_798601.html#s210960

A reversal on carbs

http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-carbs-20101220,0,5464425.story

Neurotheology: This Is Your Brain On Religion

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132078267/neurotheology-where-religion-and-science-collide

When liver donations go wrong

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/12/17/live.liver.donation.complications/?hpt=Sbin

Fashion Triumph: Deflecting the Male Gaze

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/fashion/16MANREPELLER.html

What Do You Lack? Probably Vitamin D

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/health/27brod.html?_r=2

Nuclear Testing Across the World Since 1945

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U8CZAKSsNA

Aaron Huey: America's native prisoners of war

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/aaron_huey.html

Are we raising a generation of nincompoops?

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/09/27/are_we_raising_a_generation_of_nincompoops/?page=2

Bacterial Bonanza: Microbes Keep Us Alive

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129862107

What the Bible Has to Say About Sex

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2027582,00.html

In Quest for 'Legal High,' Chemists Outfox Law

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704763904575550200845267526.html

The Words of the Year

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/weekinreview/19sifton.html?src=twrhp

Air Force Is Through With Predator Drones

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/12/air-force-is-through-with-predator-drones/

Dear Neighbor, Why Are You Still Using My Wi-Fi?

http://gizmodo.com/5713527/dear-neighbor-why-are-you-still-on-my-wi+fi

Pythagoras, a math genius? Not by Babylonian standards

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-12-17/world/old.babylonian.math_1_ancient-world-ancient-city-nippur?_s=PM:WORLD

Best Art in the Universe? Hubble Space Telescope's Amazing Pics From 2010

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/12/15/best-art-in-the-universe-hubble-space-telescopes-amazing-pics/

Study Confirms That Fox News Makes You Stupid

http://www.alternet.org/media/149193/study_confirms_that_fox_news_makes_you_stupid/

The American Empire Is Collapsing, And Americans Will Be The Last to Know

http://www.alternet.org/world/149173/the_american_empire_is_collapsing,_and_americans_will_be_the_last_to_know/

Bodyguard business is booming

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-1218-bodyguards-20101218,0,957640.story

U.S. must draw the line at pedophilia in Afghanistan

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-12-17/opinion/etzioni.pedophilia.afghanistan_1_sexual-abuse-afghan-police-officers-afghan-security-guards?_s=PM:OPINION

Vipassana Meditation

http://www.dhamma.org/

National Geographic Photo of the Day: Sunset, Indonesia

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/sunset-central-java-indonesia/

The taunt of an apparent Facebook thief

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/story-lab/2010/12/post_4.html

Untangling the Myths About Attention Disorder

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/health/14klass.html

Phys Ed: The Benefits of Exercising Before Breakfast

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/phys-ed-the-benefits-of-exercising-before-breakfast/

Before You Lift a Weight, Get Some Advice

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/health/14brody.html

Could You Retire Without Social Security?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704073804576023890972991846.html