A Must See Movie is about Bobby Hurley's Basketball Program at St. Anthony's in Jersey City. Not only has he won the most high school basketball state championships, but he molds young men and sends them to college. A great story about a man who has devoted his life to shaping impressionable young men.
The Documentary is "The Street Stops Here"
A collection of interesting articles and discussion from around the Internet
Friday, September 30, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Federal Legal protections eroding, making more people criminals
With more and more Federal Legal Protections, more and more people are becoming criminals as we are all having our freedoms slowly taken away.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Dancing with the Stars Controversy
Some conservative christian groups are making hay over the fact that a transgender individual will appear on this season's dancing with the stars. Lewis Black wonders why a transgendered person is so controversial and not all of the convicted felons that have been on the show.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
What Teachers Want to Tell Parents
What Teachers want to tell parents. A lesson on why most teachers only last 4.5 years (on average), why some teachers give straight A's (so no one will bother them) and how teachers want to work with parents.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Santorum asks for Google to Censor its search of him
Rick Santorum asks google to alter the search results for his name. It should be noted that Yahoo, and Bing show the same #1 result for "Santorum"
Arsenic in your apple juice
Dr. Oz recently reported that some apple juice is unsafe for consumption due to arsenic. The FDA has called him irresponsible and accused him of fear mongering and called his report 'misleading'.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Bachman's comment will have ripple effects
Bachman's comments on the HPV vaccine are likely to have ripple effects for years. Currently 4,000 Americans die from cervical cancer, the HPV vaccine can prevent most forms of disease that cause cervical cancer.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Obama's Fact Check on Buffet Rule
President Obama recently stated that Millionaires shouldn't pay less in taxes than their secretaries and they don't. The average Federal Tax rate for a millionaire is 29.1%, the average federal tax rate for someone making 50-75K is 15.1%.
In all the top 10% of Americans pay the majority of federal taxes and 70% of federal income taxes.
In all the top 10% of Americans pay the majority of federal taxes and 70% of federal income taxes.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Obama's Debt Plan
Obama's Debt Reduction Plan: Raise Taxes, primarily on people that won't be voting for him.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
ADA: license to sue
A man in California makes a living by suing businesses for ADA violations. He has no other job, he makes his living by suing businesses.
Friday, September 16, 2011
HPV Vaccine Controversy
The Daily Show Lampoons Michelle Bachman for slamming Rick Perry over the HPV vaccine. Even Rush Limbaugh has slammed Bachman for her claim that HPV vaccine could cause mental retardation.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Challenging what you know about AIDS in Africa
In a 15 minute talk on Ted.com Emily Oster flips the script about AIDS in Africa and analyzing the data like an economist.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Fact Checking Bachman
Pediatricians are Fact Checking Michelle Bachman's rant against the HPV vaccine. It's safe and it saves lives.
Medical Coding and the government
The Medical Billing coding is about to get a lot more specific. It is about to expand from 18,000 to 140,000 medical codes, including 312 codes for injuries related to animals. It also includes a code for if you have walked into a lamppost.
On Regulation Crushing Business, Freedom
Federal Law alone contains over 160 million words, laws too specific and complex to allow businesses to adapt freely. Regulations have become overly burdensome.
Monday, September 12, 2011
60 Minutes interviews "the interrogator"
An excellent piece by 60 minutes about the FBI's top interrogator who helped uncover the mastermind of 9/11 and how he was replaced with "enhanced interrogators".
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Rape Myths do harm too
1 in 4? Rape Myths do harm too. It is time we all recognize that the number 1 in 4 is a myth.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Tales of Manufactured Conflict
From Jon Stewart Tales of Manufactured Consent.
President Obama scheduled a speech to talk about jobs. Republicans asked him to move it because there is a Republican debate on that same day. The president made a reasonable accommodation and everyone should be happy our politicians acted like adults. Somehow the 24 hour news media managed to try and turn it into "schedule gate" or "speech gate". Reporters spent more time on the scheduling non-issue than on the substance of president Obama's jobs plan.
President Obama scheduled a speech to talk about jobs. Republicans asked him to move it because there is a Republican debate on that same day. The president made a reasonable accommodation and everyone should be happy our politicians acted like adults. Somehow the 24 hour news media managed to try and turn it into "schedule gate" or "speech gate". Reporters spent more time on the scheduling non-issue than on the substance of president Obama's jobs plan.
The Campus Rape Myth
Debunking the myth that there is an epidemic of rape on college campuses. People often cite the number 1 in 4 women will be the victims of rape or attempted rape during college. This would mean that the rate of violent crimes is 10 times higher on college campuses than they are in Detroit. Does that even make sense? This article explains how the number 1 in 4 is obtained and why it is dishonest. Of those 1 in 4, 42% reported having sex with their "attacker" again.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Rape: 1 in 4... really?
Many people assert that one in four college women are the victims of sexual assault. There is even a non profit called 1 in 4.
But if you crunch the numbers... they just don't add up. Even if you make an assumption that 90% of rapes are unreported then you still can't get anywhere near the 1 in 4 number.
But if you crunch the numbers... they just don't add up. Even if you make an assumption that 90% of rapes are unreported then you still can't get anywhere near the 1 in 4 number.
The biggest rally in the history of Israel
Biggest Rally in Israel's history for economic reforms, cost of living expenses.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Rape: False Rape Accusations
The issue of rape is often a hot topic in our society. I hope that this can be a forum where people feel free to challenge some of the common preconceptions we have about rape and rape statistics.
This first article was a several year long study of a small city that looked at the percentage of false rape accusations.
This first article was a several year long study of a small city that looked at the percentage of false rape accusations.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
The dangers of outsourcing
The perils of outsourcing. Outsourcing can lead to lower costs and better business, but sometimes it leads to headaches, cut corners and disasters. Boeing learned that the hard way with the 787 dream liner.
The New Rules for Sex on Campus
Philadelphia magazine has an excellent piece about the idiotic new regulations passed by the federal government that turns most college men into sexual predators. This shouldn't shock anyone that the government would fly in the face of common sense.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Wiki Leaks releases entire archive of US embassy cables
Wiki Leaks releases entire archive of US embassy cables. The move was criticized by newspapers as it may compromise confidential sources.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Broken Tax System
Jon Huntsman says that we don't have a 21st century tax code, that it is broken and we need to start from scratch and fix it.