Adlai Stevenson Quote – Principles
“It is often easier to fight for a principle than to live up to it.” – Adlai Stevenson
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Mary McCarthy Quote – A Realistic Decision
“If someone tells you he is going to make ‘a realistic decision,’ you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.” – Mary McCarthy
Read moreHenry Miller Quote – Youth Has To Do With Spirit
“Youth has to do with spirit, not age. Men of seventy or sixty are often more youthful than the young. Theirs is the real youth.” – Henry Miller
Read moreTony Blair Quote – The Measure Of A Country
“A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in…and how many want out.” – Tony Blair
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Joining Jihadist Groups
Young Muslims are still flocking to radical jihadist groups in record numbers. A United Nations study found that at least 25,000 people from more than 100 nations have left home to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and other radical groups. The number of foreign terrorist fighters worldwide increased by 71 percent from mid-2014 to March 2015.
Read moreGandhi Quote – Alter The Course Of History
“A SMALL BODY OF DETERMINED SPIRITS FIRED BY AN UNQUENCHABLE FAITH IN THEIR MISSION CAN ALTER THE COURSE OF HISTORY.” – Gandhi
Read morePollution’s links to autism
A new study has found the strongest link yet between air pollution and autism, which experts now say affects one in 50 U.S. schoolchildren. Pregnant women who lived in areas with high levels of diesel exhaust and airborne mercury were found to be twice as likely to have a child with autism as those living in places with the lowest […]
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