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Mobs In Myanmar.. Free Cirque Show.. NDP Won't Bow Down
March 25, 2013 YANGON, Myanmar - Anti-Muslim mobs rampaged through three more towns in Myanmar's predominantly Buddhist heartland over the weekend, destroying mosques and burning dozens of homes despite government efforts to stop the nation's latest outbreak of sectarian violence from spreading. Continue reading... ERIN HAWKES | | How Medication Stopped My Schizophrenia From Killing Me | In "The Scientific Case Against Forced Drug Treatment" presented by Robert Whitaker in February, Whitaker runs with this, blaming antipsychotics for causing psychosis. Personally, I have been on the receiving end of forced medication. I would never have consented on my own, preferring to exercise a "right to be unmedicated" over a "right to life-saving treatment." While I do not believe that every forced intervention was warranted, without some involuntary treatment I would be at best psychotic and, at worst, dead. Oh, did my voices ever want me to kill myself. Continue reading... | | ANDREW LAWTON | | Being Chivalrous Does Not Make Me Sexist | When I woke up this morning, I had no idea I'd be setting the women's rights movement back 100 years. Chivalry is an exercise in basic human decency, not an effort to subjugate women. To believe that ladies should be treated as such should not be a controversial -- let alone offensive --notion. Continue reading... | | | | JASON TETRO | | Lose Weight By Eating More...Worms? | New research suggests obesity might be an autoimmune condition caused by an imbalance in the microbiota of the gut. Good germs could help to keep obesity at bay, while bad germs could lead to increased weight gain, even without the person eating more. Continue reading... | | DIANE FRANCIS | | Why Cyprus Is Not Your Typical Bailout Story | So the Cyprus story is more than just another profligate nation begging for help. This mess may force the unification of this island, and tapping of its resources, at long last for the betterment of all its citizens. It may stop the takeover of a nation inside the EU by Russian bad guys. Continue reading... | |
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