The third objection I will seek to define and process is that of an environmentalist standpoint. The empirical proof is undeniable: the current meat industry’s practices have extremely detrimental effects on the environment. Factory farming, for example, plays a huge role in deforestation, soil erosion, water scarcity, global warming, fossil fuel depletion, and decrease in [...]

If you haven’t already, check out Eddy Nahmias’ recent New York Times op-ed “Is Neuroscience the Death of Free Will?.”  Basically, Nahmias takes on the arguments of some neuroscientists that our increasingly impressive ability to correlate brain activity with actions means that we can explain away free will or conclude that it doesn’t exist.  Some experiments have [...]

Take a break from studying for your exams and enjoy this week’s 2F4W. Laughter makes you smarter.*

In an article entitled “The Republicans” in this past week’s Economist, former GOP nominee hopeful, Michelle Bachmann, is quoted as saying if she were elected she would have the “doors locked and lights turned off” at the Environmental Protection Agency.  – Before going further, it is important for the reader to know that Bureaucracy runs through my veins.  [...]

What re-match will we see? The debate to find which one-loss team is the best in the country has now begun. In other words, everyone wants to know which team is going to play against undefeated LSU in the BCS National Championship.  After watching last night’s game between Oregon and Stanford, for me it looks like [...]

Searching for new clips to add to this Monday’s Liftoff, I was drawn to the side bar of the Washington Post headline page. My cousin, Tammy Gary, shared A dose of reality for the HPV debate and my good friend Meryn Chimes echoed this thread of interest by sharing Bachmann questions safety of HPV vaccine [...]