The king of bad food, “the only specific food that clinical research has directly linked to weight gain,” is soda pop (though see here for an opposing viewpoint). Nutritionally, there is almost nothing good to say about soda. That is the focus of an article entitled “Nutritionists: Soda making Americans drink themselves fat.”
The rise in soft [...]
After standing in line at the post office for longer than I should have had to, I finally got to the front of the line and realized the flap of one of the envelopes I wanted to mail was not sticking, so I asked the clerk for a small piece of tape. (I was only [...]
There’s a lesson to be learned regarding exercise and transportation here:
The British Medical Association found that every hour spent walking or biking adds more than an hour to one’s healthy lifetime.
In the Netherlands, 27 percent of all trips are made by bicycle, compared with 1 percent in the United States.
In 1974, 60 percent of children [...]
The Vatican is about to offer a special gift to the Catholic faithful: the opportunity to hear about virgin birth (etc) in pure unobstructed, untranslated Latin. I recently read about this new development regarding religious communication in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
A Vatican official has confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI plans to loosen restrictions on celebrating the old Latin [...]
It might, anyway. You can read about it here:
An Ohio judge has delayed the execution of a former cult leader and convicted murderer who claims that obesity and diabetes will put him at a greater risk for suffering during lethal injection.
For those recently lamenting that Heaven might be congested, evidently dogs might add to the problem, based on this recent photo from the Jackson Hole News and Guide (this photo is no longer on-line):
The caption under the photo: “Dilly, a Welsh corgi, waits at the feet of owner Sarah Ross on Sunday at [...]
Galileo Galilei, known as “the Father of Science,” was a high achiever whose accomplishments have withstood the tests of time. There is no denying that he was a truly brilliant man.
In 1633, The Catholic Church convicted Galileo of heresy because Galileo demonstrated that the earth revolved around the sun, something at odds with the Catholic [...]
As reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the security screeners at Lambert Field paused at 8:46 am on September 11, 2006 to hold a ceremony for those who died on September 11, 2001
The moment was observed at airports nationwide at 8:46 a.m. Screeners wore dark blue wristbands that said “We will never forget” and stopped [...]
