Opinion
How to Outsmart a Burglar and Keep Your Home Safe
In 2014, two Minnesota men were robbing a car repair shop when one of the thieves accidentally pocket-dialed 911. As you can imagine, this butt-dial inadvertently provided dispatch with their whereabouts and intentions—and police apprehended the burglars wit...
Legitimate or Nonsense Lawsuits: Liebeck V. McDonald’s
The idea of absurd, unnecessary lawsuits became widespread in the '90s when 79-year-old Stella Liebeck spilled hot coffee on her lap, sued McDonalds and was initially awarded almost $3 million in damages.Although most people have heard about the case, ...
What are the Fundamental Differences Between the GOP’s Healthcare Plan and Obamacare?
If you’ve spent anytime recently trying to wrap your head around the GOPs proposed healthcare plan to determine how exactly it’s different from Obamacare, we feel your pain.Unless you’re a politician or a lawyer, it’s pretty hard to read all of the jargo...
The Nuclear Reactor That Will Change the World
Indian engineers have designed a new type of nuclear reactor that will be safer, smaller, cleaner, cheaper and last longer than its disgraced predecessors.The reactor being planned at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai will be the first operation...
Credit Report Killer: 1 in 5 Americans Has Unpaid Medical Debt
Medical Debt – A Pain in the BLANKAccording to a new government report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 1 in 5 Americans has unpaid medical debts, and much of it, apparently, could be avoided. The report also states that about half of individ...
Our Government Did Something Truly Amazing
The government has come up with an extraordinary new program.The program operates with no additional revenues from either the local or Federal governments.
The program is supported by both Democrats and Republicans with a history of them working ...
Spy Planes Over America
Your invasion of privacy is now up in the air. Literally. Devices that gather information from millions of phones are being flownover the United States by the government, according...
Killing For Profit – Selling AIDS
Bayer Purposely Sold AIDS-contaminated Blood Around the World
Big Pharma should not be trusted blindly. Pharmaceutical companies have shown they are willing to put profits before people: lying about side effects, faking clinical trials to ge...
Big Pharma Influencing Med Students and Doctors
You attend your first day of medical school. You anxiously carry your mountain of books, take out your laptop and start vigorously typing notes on every word your professor says.After sleepless nights and chugging gallons of coffee, the semester comes to a...
The Other Kind of Drug Dealing
Direct to Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising
While you are watching television, browsing through the Internet or simply listening to the radio on your way to work, chances are you will be bombarded by drug advertisements. The level of pharmaceutical advertis...