What's most tragic is that this denial of basic education leads to over 1 million unnecessary child and maternal deaths read more

What's most tragic is that this denial of basic education leads to over 1 million unnecessary child and maternal deaths a year. Moreover, children who have never seen the inside of a classroom are precisely those that face the most acute poverty, and should be the prime target of the international community if it is at all serious about realizing the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals of halving extreme poverty by 2015.

If health insurance was working properly, the sicker you are, the more protection you would have. It seems to be read more

If health insurance was working properly, the sicker you are, the more protection you would have. It seems to be working backwards, the sicker you are, the more trouble you have paying bills.

I draw whatever hits me.

I draw whatever hits me.

There is no short cut, nor "royal road," to the attainment of medical knowledge. The path which we have to read more

There is no short cut, nor "royal road," to the attainment of medical knowledge. The path which we have to pursue is long, difficult, and unsafe.

These guys are going to be the first people that play in the Wells Fargo Arena in a game that read more

These guys are going to be the first people that play in the Wells Fargo Arena in a game that matters. It's something they'll remember and take with them the rest of their lives.

If this can happen to Jim, what chance do the rest of us have?

If this can happen to Jim, what chance do the rest of us have?

If the aborigine drafted an IQ test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it.

If the aborigine drafted an IQ test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it.

women should be treated just like men.

women should be treated just like men.

Museums are becoming gathering places for the community.

Museums are becoming gathering places for the community.