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  • A Possible Cure for Age-Related Muscle Loss?

    Published August 02, 2011

    New research released Tuesday by doctors at Columbia University Medical Center may have found a novel new way to prevent age-related muscle weakness. Dr. Andrew Marks has been targeting something called the “ryanodine receptor” in muscle cells

  • African American Middle Class Eroding As Unemployment Rate Soars

    Published July 28, 2011

    The unemployment situation across America is bad, no doubt. But among African-Americans in some cities, this is not the great recession. It’s the Great Depression.

  • Energy in America: Oil Shale – Boom or Bust?

    Published July 13, 2011

    With all the talk that global oil production has reached its peak, and will only slowly decline from here, what would you say if I told you there was a vast untapped reserve that could possibly yield 1.4 trillion barrels of oil? Enough to supply the daily oil needs of the United States for 191 years?

  • The Underemployed-The New Reality of The American Job Market

    Published July 06, 2011

    How many jobs do you have?  If you answered one, you could be considered lucky.  First, for having a job in this anemic market and second, if you only need one job to make ends meet. 

  • Of Porsches and Peacocks

    Published June 16, 2011

    A peacock’s tail is beautiful, but it serves no practical function. It does however, get the peacock a lot of action. Peahens often choose their mates by the size of their trains. Cars serve the same purpose.

  • Of Porsches and Peacocks

    Published June 16, 2011

    A peacock’s tail is beautiful. Magnificent plumage. Irridescent colors. Alas, it is also wasteful. It takes a tremendous amount of energy to develop. It’s heavy - an encumbrance in escaping predators. And it serves no practical function. It does however, get the peacock a lot of action. Peahens often choose their mates by the size of their trains.

  • Female Veterans Facing a New Battle -- Higher Unemployment Than Civilians

    Published May 26, 2011

    After 12 years in the National Guard, Donna Bachler is still in fighting form. Working out in her Leavenworth, Kansas gym, this one time drill sergeant can lift as much as many men. She’d love a career as a fitness trainer. But there’s a problem.

  • Technology Is Turning Shale Into Viable Energy Source, but Safety Concerns Persist

    Published April 20, 2011

    With gasoline approaching a national average of $4 a gallon, and some areas already touching the $5 mark, Americans are feeling the pain of petrochemicals in their wallet. But a new push to exploit a long-known but unavailable resource may offer some relief. It’s shale gas – natural gas that is bound up tightly in solid rock about 5-6 thousand feet underground. 

  • Serial Killers Among Us: FBI Says There is No Set Profile

    Published April 15, 2011

    They account for less than 1% of all killings in the U.S. in a given year, but serial killers attract the most attention. They fascinate us. They terrify us. And we wonder if they walk among us.

  • Marine Corps Steps Up Suicide Prevention Efforts to Halt Deadly Trend

    Published March 30, 2011

    Cpl. Daniel O'Brien's death in 2009was part of an alarming trend: Fifty-two Marines committed suicide that year, a record high, and the military is still struggling to deal with an elevated suicide rate among those who serve