Psychedelic Pharmacology

A growing number of psychiatrists are bent on reintroducing psychedelics in the therapeutic arena. And if they have their way, pharmacists will soon be dispensing as much Ecstasy as they are Prozac.

Picking teams for fashion

Women take their own spin on the male-dominated "Fantasy Football" league for the Academy Awards

Facets of funny fashion entertainment

The Times gives a campy, hilarious analysis of the fashion reality show, “Project Runway”

Duckworth convinces the blogosphere (but what about her district?)

Are Tammy Duckworth's fundraising stats an indication that she's out of touch with her district?

Broadcast Yourself - Excerpts from Iraq

For a war that has been obsessively filtered through a PR lens, some of the images found on YouTube.com may be the best we can get of life on the ground, filtered only through each creator’s understanding of his/her experience.

NYU wins Oscars

Did you know that NYU's alumni were about to win some of the most prestigious Oscars?

Class considerations at the local supermarket

The troubling part of the food-avoidance game is the socio-economic class considerations that create luxury items of healthy un-tampered foods.

A sliver of hope

New developments in the ongoing drama of Elisa Greubel, the Texan and Avril Lavigne fan who sent fanmail to Nettwerk Records artist MC Lars praising his anti-lawsuit "Download This Song" track as the RIAA began their attempt to extort her for file sharing, causing Nettwerk to back her case against the big guys. A motion has been filed, and it lays out quite simply, why the RIAA lawsuits are more akin to racketeering and extortion than any sort of reasonable legal action.

Evangelicals divided about global warming

Some toe the Republican line while some are driven to activism based in their convictions.

Spying on Animals

We're on our way to finding out a lot more about what goes on in that secretive world under the sea. A Census of Marine Life project called Tagging of Pacific Pelagics, or TOPP, has been sticking marine animals with electronic tags that transmit data about their habits and habitats to researchers by satellite.

Fukuyama on Europe’s Islam problem

Do we really have a better tradition of cultural assimilation that Europe?

Distribution, in the loosest sense of the word

The courtroom machinations of the RIAA have begun to look even more sinister (did you think that was possible?)of the way RIAA lawyers are playing their case against Denise Barker, a woman they're taking to court for file sharing.

The cutest chicks to sell handbags

For once, a handbag advertisement is sort of relatable, even if it’s starring a chicken.

Pro-family means anti-queer?

The television show “The Book of Daniel” was cancelled, some say it got poor ratings, but the show’s creator has another story.

A costly assimilation

Willie Nelson’s gay Valentine song has warmed many a Brokeback lover’s heart. His tribute to gay cowboy love is one of a few indicators that LGBTQ relationships and issues are in the viewfinder, even if only during this film’s craze. This brings to question though, how much LGBTQ people are willing to become commodities?