Month: April 2018

Personal Health: Weighing the Pros and Cons of Statins

Personal Health: Weighing the Pros and Cons of Statins

Statins are often given to healthy people to prevent a potentially devastating problem, so some patients object to taking them. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/well/weighing-the-pros-and-cons-of-statins.html?partner=rss

Basics: You Share Everything With Your Bestie. Even Brain Waves.

Basics: You Share Everything With Your Bestie. Even Brain Waves.

Scientists have made astonishing discoveries about the nature and evolution of friendship. Without it, humans suffer significant physical and emotional damage. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/science/friendship-brain-health.html?partner=rss

Judge’s Suit Challenging His Removal From Death Penalty Cases Moves Ahead

In Griffen v. Arkansas Supreme Court, (ED AR, April 12, 2018), an Arkansas federal district court held that sovereign and judicial immunity do not bar a suit for declaratory relief brought by a state court judge against justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court after they barred him from hearing...

Magazine Says Muslims Are Thriving In America

National Geographic has posted a lengthy article titled How Muslims, Often Misunderstood, Are Thriving in America.  Here is an excerpt:Today an estimated 3.45 million Muslims in America are living in a climate of hostility, their faith distorted by violent extremists on one end and an anti-Muslim...