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Muhammad Ali & Gary Coleman
His (ex?) wife, Shannon Price should be truthful with Coleman’s family and the police (if they’re interested), but I wish she’d not drag Ali into this, or suggest that those with Parkinson’s disease are brain dead.
What we want to hear…
"The reason that you have this principle is not to be soft on terrorism. It’s because that’s who we are. That’s what we’re protecting," Obama said, his voice growing louder and the crowd rising to its feet to cheer. "Don’t mock the Constitution. Don’t make fun of it. Don’t suggest that it’s not American to [...]
Perceptions of addiction
In fact, the young star died by his own hand. Whether or not the dangerous mix of pills he took was intended as suicide is quite beside the point and is, in any case, truly unknowable. For any human being to be in such emotional pain that they would ingest such a brew indicates [...]
Actual risk and our value system
The below is excerpted from a terribly interesting article entitled "10 Ways We Get the Odds Wrong" from Psychology Today. I recommend reading the whole thing.
There’s a particularly interesting quiz at the end of the article.
I excerpted the below primarily because I have some acquaintances who constantly tell me how safe marijuana is (especially compared [...]
Man stabs pit bull in attack
When McElrath looked outside, he saw a pit bill attacking his pet. After repeatedly beating the pit with a skillet to no effect, McElrath retrieved an eight-inch butcher knife and began to stab the pit bull.
Dyersburg State Gazette: Story: Man stabs pit bull in attack
Wow. My father told me about this a few weeks [...]
