by Our Readers | Feb 10, 2011 | News
Arnica Not Just for Weekend Warriors Tom Vannah’s article on arnica illustrates the pitfalls of writing on any subject where one doesn’t understand the concepts or theory. There is a vast difference between homeopathic arnica and herbal arnica—as...
by Stephanie Kraft | Feb 10, 2011 | News
It’s ironic that a country that wages war in the name of democracy gets nervous when democracy actually breaks out. Jeff Cohen put it this way on the Truthout blog: “One of the mantras on U.S. television news all day Friday was: Be fearful of the...
by Stephanie Kraft | Feb 10, 2011 | News
“Guns don’t kill people; people do.” We’ve been hearing that slogan from the NRA for years, and it’s just as disingenuous now as it ever was. The NRA is so determined to, well, stick to its guns that even after U.S. Rep. Gabrielle...
by Maureen Turner | Feb 10, 2011 | News
The only thing new about Gov. Deval Patrick’s recent proposal to shrink so-called “drug-free” school zones in Massachusetts is his support. For years, advocates of criminal justice reform have been critical of the school zone law, which carries...
by Our Readers | Feb 10, 2011 | News
Leak of the Week Darn it! There’s a new leak at Vermont Yankee. Imagine a football field with end zones. That is roughly how far away this new leak is from the old one found last year that Entergy has been remediating ever since. Dang, it was in another calm,...