Archives for September, 2006

NARA: Legislative Treasures


My buddy Richard works at the National Archives and had a chance to give House Speaker Dennis Hastert a tour of the new Legislative Treasures Vault. How cool is that? From the National Archives Website, “House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) joined Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein today to open the new National [...]

Dinosaurs to Church


“A new poll shows that 66% of Americans think President Bush is doing a poor job of handling the war in Iraq… and the remaining 34% think Adam and Eve rode dinosaurs to church.” -SNL

The Mysteries of Money


Listen to Montreal analyst Jan Bauer explore the meaning and psychology of money in this lecture recorded Oct. 21, 2005 at The Jung Center of Houston.
Original post by C.G. Jung Page

Darwin Does D.C.


From Scientific American, “According to a 2005 Pew Research Center poll, 70 percent of evangelical Christians believe that living beings have always existed in their present form, compared with 32 percent of Protestants and 31 percent of Catholics. Politically, 60 percent of Republicans are creationists, whereas only 11 percent accept evolution, compared with 29 percent [...]

More Die From Suicide


From PsycPORT, “More people kill themselves each year, than the numbers who die from wars and murders combined, but most of these suicides can be prevented, Swiss Radio International reported on Sunday, the day marking the third World Suicide Prevention Day. About 20 million to 60 million people try to kill themselves each year, but [...]

Both Sides Now


Rows and floes of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air and feather canyons everywhere. I’ve looked at clouds that way. But now they only block the sun. They rain and snow on everyone. So many things I would have done but clouds got in my way. I’ve looked at clouds from both [...]