Jan. 7, 2013                                        

Since last month’s horrifying and heartbreaking school massacre in Newtown, Conn., politicians and the press have, as everyone knows, been totally obsessed with firearms.

Indeed, President Obama has vowed to impose strong new gun-control measures on the nation – very soon,…

By Gregory Gwyn-Williams, Jr.

January 12, 2013

A group of…

January 12, 2013

The head of the New York City Police Department announced this week that the largest local law enforcement agency in the United States might soon rely on spy drones for conducting surveillance.

During an open conversation held Thursday between Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen Adler and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, the…

January 10, 2013

Perhaps the Christmas 2012 season was bloodier than normal — or perhaps December 14th’s particularly heinous Sandy Hook elementary school massacre in suburban Newtown, Connecticut only makes it seem so. In any case, lots of people died violently over several pre-holiday weeks. And, adding to the awfulness, the widespread…

January 12, 2013

Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won’t get flu shots, with some workers losing their jobs over their refusal.

“Where does it say that I am no longer a patient…

January 12, 2013

A spokeswoman for New York's medical examiner says 26-year-old Swartz hanged himself in his Brooklyn apartment and was found Friday. Aaron Swartz, who was arrested in 2011 and charged with stealing millions of scientific journals from a computer archive at MIT, is dead at 26. A co-founder of Reddit and activist…

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January 10, 2013

Life as we know it is simply a massive blend of possibilities and outcomes. We are swimming in an ocean of ideas, concepts, thoughts, dreams, feelings, and interpretive dimensions. The human brain is very calculating and is constantly seeking to quantify and qualify the surrounding environment.

Internal meets external…

January 10, 2013

A Utah teacher doesn't think parents "necessarily" have a right to know that their child's educator is carrying a concealed weapon in the classroom.

K-6 special education teacher Carolyn Cain spoke to Ed Schultz on The Ed Show Wednesday to…

January 11, 2013

An ongoing study out of Germany comparing disease rates among vaccinated and unvaccinated children points to a pretty clear disparity between the two groups as far as illness rates are concerned. As reported by the group Health Freedom Alliance, children who have been vaccinated…

January 11, 2013

Facebook members are being asked to pay $100 for their messages to reach the inbox of the social network’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg. 

January 11, 2013

January 11 marks the 11th anniversary since the first inmates were airlifted into the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay. With an almost blanket ban on transferring prisoners out of Camp Delta in operation, it is unlikely to be the last one.

The date has been met with outright condemnation by human rights groups…

January 11, 2013

I am a nuetral person,I have no prejudices against anyone anymore,not since my awakening and the biggest problem we have is the rest of the world including Iran ,Iraq and Most of Africa are trying to go Green,to put an end to the oligarchy and the fossil fuels and the nuclear power plant nightmares. I can name several environmentally…

January 10, 201 3

Is temporarily slowing down a website a legal form of protest? Current US law says it isn’t, but hacktivists want the White House to make changes that would force the government to reconsider their witch-hunt against alleged computer criminals.

In the latest WhiteHouse.gov …

January 5, 2013

With billions of mouths to feed, we can't go on producing food in the traditional way. Scientists are coming up with novel ways to cater for future generations. In-vitro burger, anyone?

The future feast is laid out around a cool white room at …

January 10, 2013

American health is in decline as new data finds that one in four US kids are on food stamps as of fiscal year 2011 and the younger generation is more prone to death and poorer health levels compared to their counterparts in other developed nations.

Almost 20 million children out of 73.9 million under the age of 18…

January 9, 2013

A federal judge has ruled that a 15-year-old Texas girl must wear an identification badge to her high school for monitoring purposes or else face suspension.

US District Judge Orlando Garcia decided with a Tuesday ruling that John Jay High School student Andrea Hernandez has only two choices: be tracked from…

January 10, 2013

European Union lawmakers are hoping to pressure internet giants such as Facebook and Google, to boost personal security controls and limit the collection of data without users consent.

A German MEP has proposed modifications to the 1995 Data Protection Act, suggesting legislation that would limit corporations’…

January 10, 2013

What you are about to read is astonishing. I'm not even sure what's the right conclusion to draw from it. But here's what we know so far:

John Noveske is one of the most celebrated battle rifle manufacturers in America. His rifles, found at …

Jan 9, 2013

Recently some of you may of heard about a cover up, involving rape.

In Steubenville, Ohio, the 16-year old girl was at her girlfriend's house. Where these two animals drugged her, kidnapped her, and proceeded to transport her comatose body to party after…