Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst is the “bishop of bling”

I just converted to Catholicism last spring, and one of the big arguments against the religion from some is that they don’t focus enough on the poor (conversely, some people will argue that they focus too much on the poor, which basically… Continue Reading

What exactly is happening with people setting themselves on fire in China?

The simple story is that it has to do with protests of rural houses being set for destruction because of China’s desire to urbanize; 41 people have lit themselves on fire (it’s called self-immolation) between January 2009 and January 2012… Continue Reading

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What can we do about U.S. unemployment?

Just like this morning’s post about mortality rates was close to my heart due to recent brushes with family and death, so too is this post about the current state of the U.S. labor market. I’m technically a full-time student… Continue Reading

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Global life expectancy trends

I saw this Robert Krulwich article on NPR yesterday. Essentially, Americans are “falling behind” in the getting older race, although no one can truly predict the pattern; obviously Americans have some health issues at the general level, i.e. diabetes, but… Continue Reading

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What exactly is geoengineering?

I was looking around for something to write about for the initial post on this new blog concept. I thought about tackling ObamaCare, because I don’t completely understand it (despite the fact that I worked with a health care company… Continue Reading