Many martial arts divide practitioners into two groups. The basic or beginner kyu-ranks are often identified as those students wearing colored belts, e.g., white, gold, orange, blue, green, and brown. The dan-ranks are often identified by their black belts. For the most part, earning kyu-rank and lower dan-rank depends solely upon demonstrating proficiency, knowledge and [...]
This is a shout out to my friend and college, Tom Harter, who just successfully defended his dissertation, “In Sickness and in Health: Analyzing the Ethical Limits of the Marriage between Health Care and the Market in the United States.” In his own words This dissertation aims to determine what should be the appropriate base [...]
A blog I follow, Atheist Revolution, had interesting responses to the question “Should atheists help predominately Christian people in need?” The author of Atheist Revolutions was responding to the comment, What surprises me is how many atheists and agnostics give a damn about helping these people. Yes, I know they are human beings, but step [...]