What if there is a switch in our brains that Bond-like villains can flip with impunity, sending us into spasms of shopping? Horribly, this is now an American fact of life. Yes - corporate researchers have discovered a circuit in our brains that actuates our shopping.
In the New York Times Sunday Magazine published on February 11, an article by Russel Shorto called "How Christian Were the Founders?" looked into recent efforts by the Texas school board to inject into history and civics curriculum the idea that America was founded officially as a Christian nation.
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
