Thursday, April 15, 2010

WEB BOHEMIAN (Thursday, April 15, 2010)
(1)- JUSTICE -- Dreyfus’s ordeal was the first big test of a modern justice system, defining one of the central issues of democracy: should the rule of law be applied consistently, or may it be bent to fit a crisis or pressing national concern?

(2)- FOOD FOR THOUGHT -- Human evolutionary theory thus rests on the concept of a “dual inheritance,” in which genes and cultures both are powerful determinants and each co-evolves with the other.

(3)- FASHION FOR POWERFUL WOMEN -- On the night health reform passed, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wore purple, a sartorial touch suggesting a hope for reconciliation and compromise. Her colors and fashion speak volumes.

(4)- HAITI HISTORY -- Jan. 1, 1804. It was when a band of statesmen-warriors declared independence from France, casting off colonialism and slavery to become the world’s first black republic.

(5)- SCANDAL ROSTER -- With the RNC bondage club flap prompting yet more finger-pointing, The Daily Beast crunches the numbers to determine whether Democrats or Republicans have a bigger problem with sex scandals.

(6)- HEAVEN EXPLAINED – Some say science will explain our enduring belief in heaven. The thesis here is very simple: heaven is not a real place, or even a process or a supernatural event. It's something that happens in your brain as you die.

(7)- KEEP COLA AWAY -- Men who drink about a litre or more of cola every day could be causing harm to their sperm, a study claims. Cola drinking men's sperm counts were almost 30 per cent lower than in men who didn't drink cola.

(8)- BE CAREFUL OF THE CURE -- Some current therapies being investigated for Alzheimer's disease may cause further neural degeneration and cell death, according to a breakthrough discovery by UC San Diego researchers.

(9)- WINE FRAUD? – A billionaire collector sues Christie's auction house, claiming it ignored evidence of fakery in the 1980s when it marketed bottles of Bordeaux that were purportedly originally owned by Thomas Jefferson.

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