Albert Einstein Quote – The World Is A Dangerous Place
“The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” – Albert Einstein
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GLOBAL HEALTH CARE
The Commonwealth Fund ranked health care systems in 11 wealthy nations according to criteria such as quality and access. Below, a sampling of the rankings:
Read moreAmsterdam’s Scum Villages
Amsterdam ‘Scum villages’: Families that persistently behave badly and harass their neighbors are to be evicted from city-run housing projects and moved into trailer parks that have “minimal services” and are under constant police supervision. The new housing camps have been dubbed “scum villages” by the Dutch media, because the plan appears to echo a proposal by right-wing populist Geert […]
Read moreBright Lights in a World of Darkness
Bright Lights in a World of Darkness More than 30 years ago the Supreme Court in the United States ruled that if individuals are mentally ill but not criminally insane they cannot be confined to asylums. They must be allowed to live in the general population. The results of that decision over the years have met with mixed success in different areas of the […]
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Nicholas Butler Quote – Three Groups of People
“People can be divided into three groups: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened.” – Nicholas Butler
Read moreMalcolm X Quote – A Dead People
“Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or culture also becomes a dead people.” – Malcolm X
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Cartoon – How Things Get Done
Fewer Americans Killed by Lightning Strikes
Fewer people are being killed by lightning strikes due to better ways to get out of its way. In the United States we have learned that we can get out its way by having covers over us that don’t attract the lightning bolts. In the 1940s there was over 400 people a year that were killed by lightning and in […]
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