When my three daughters were younger, they were thrilled whenever Santa left a Barbie or one of her many pricey pals under the Christmas tree.  After about 3.5 minutes, when all the prese...

 Every year, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) conducts trauma and chemical casualty training exercises in which animals are used as "stand-ins" for wounded soldiers. Medical officers at mi...

Like... seriously.You know your child is addicted to Nitendo DS when he cries at bedtime, pleading and begging and admonishing how much he will "miss" his DS while he sleeps.-_-Really, dude? Seriou...

October 23, 2009: Artists including Pearl Jam, R.E.M. and RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE have formed a coalition to support U.S. President BARACK OBAMA's efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison cam...

 Size matters.  The bigger the better.  We've all heard those statements before, right?  While they may not be true in some instances, there are times when bigger is indeed bett...

May 20, 1988, when sending the Convention Against Torture to the U.S. Senate to be ratified, Reagan said:"The United States participated actively and effectively in the negotiation of the Conventio...

I wrote earlier today about Eric Holder's decision to "review" whether criminal prosecutions are warranted in connection with the torture of Terrorism suspects -- that can be read here -- but ...

  We all tend to focus on the evil men in the world and forget some of the truly evil women that have lived. I hope to correct that with this list. Here we have not just serial killers, but...

18 people have responded to my request for a simple petition signature on behalf of Darfur. I posted in 2 groups on Cafemom, on Facebook, and on Myspace. Roughly 1500 people could have seen my post...