The US Catholic bishops have released their 2010 report on their Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. The 93 page report continues to claim that the sexual abuse claims now being…
“Every 15 Minutes” was conceived in Canada as a “scared straight” type program aimed at reducing drinking and driving by high school students. The program migrated to the…
In the wake of a number of pipeline failures, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood launched a nationwide pipeline safety initiative yesterday. The failures include a natural gas pipeline explosion in…
Bloomberg Businessweek published a cover story on March 31, 2011 that features Johnson & Johnson, parent company DePuy Orthopaedics. In case you haven’t yet heard,…
It happens every spring-baseball opening day. Here in Tampa Bay it is always a big event. For the past two months spring training has provided baseball games almost every day here in Florida. We…
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the tragic events in Japan. Many of the Japanese people have lost their loved ones. Many are without power, food and water. There are great concerns over the nuclear…
A local Philadelphia television station first released information about the document on March 11th. The document, which is actually a form dated 10/03, is a form for survivors of sexual abuse to…
The Oklahoma legislature is considering tort reform legislation like that which has and continues to be pushed around the country. As often is the case, local newspapers will editorialize on various…
According to breaking news from The Washington Post, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), a private, non-profit organization that contracts with the federal government to coordinate organ…
Bacillus cereus is a gram positive bacteria listed by the FDA as a bad bug. It is typically associated with food poisoning. Hence, you can imagine the initial confusion at a Houston hospital when,…
My favorite author, Ayn Rand, believed that the enemies of free market capitalism included communists/socialists and politicians who practiced chronyism. The vast majority of Americans agree that…
The Rev. William Wert, a priest of the Order of Carmelites, was arrested in Sarasota recently on charges that he sexually molested a local boy. Besides the counts of committing sex offenses on a…
