07/15/2018 Democracy is worst thing ever with the exceptions of every other system of government. It has and will continue to prevail. A simply outstanding article by James Stavridis (Admiral Ret) http://time.com/5336615/democracy-will-prevail/

07/15/2018 Historic find of the oldest text of the Odyssey https://www.thenationalherald.com/207261/clay-slab-writing-could-be-oldest-odyssey-excerpt/

07/08/2018 A welcome condemnation of Russia's effort to suppress the press. They are wrong side of history. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-condemns-moscows-efforts-to-stifle-press-freedom/ar-AAzGO4X?ocid=ientp

07/08/2018 Podcasts casts can be listened to while doing the dishes, driving etc. A good deal of them are hugely enriching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6H2HmKDbZA

07/04/2018 We are a nation of immigrants. Welcome to those who took their oath of citizenship today. https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-citizens-gladly-oath-despite-toxic-debate-141840981.html

07/04/2018 World experts in cave rescue are helping stranded children in Thailand. Only in our modern times would this level of expertise exist and travel in day or two across the globe. Our thoughts and best wishes are with the children, families and rescuers . https://www.yahoo.com/news/british-divers-bring-experience-thai-cave-drama-173955900.html

07/02/2018 Sensible compromise is alive in well and Germany. P.S. crime rates there at all time low post taking in record number of immigrants. History will judge you well Dr. Merkle http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/merkel-defuses-coalition-clash-over-migration-with-compromise/ar-AAzuTkt?ocid=ientp

06/25/2018 On rehabilitating actual racists https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59qeqa/former-neo-nazis-told-us-how-they-finally-left-the-movement

06/24/2018 Chicago officials laud 15th month of declining gun violence https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/02/us/chicago-crime-decline/index.html

06/14/2018 On volunteering and coming closer to each other. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/volunteering-in-america-under-trump_us_5b214f56e4b0adfb82706507

06/10/2018 Lindsey Graham points out the obvious about Russia and our elections . https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lindsey-graham-russia-g7_us_5b1d314be4b09d7a3d73c3dc

06/07/2018 Former Army Officer and Fox news Analyst delivers hefty does of realism. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-fox-news-analyst-ralph-peters-unloads-on-sean-hannity?yptr=yahoo

06/03/2018 Homeless man returns wallet with $2,000 uses reward to help others. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/homeless-man-gives-a-wallet-containing-dollar2000-cash-back-to-a-man-who-dropped-it-and-then-spends-his-reward-getting-food-for-other-homeless-people/ar-AAxQoET?ocid=ientp

06/01/2018 Another cease fire between India and Pakistan may be a step towards lasting peace. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/30/615377827/india-pakistan-agree-to-kashmir-cease-fire-after-months-of-cross-border-shelling

05/30/2018 Meet the woman who cancelled Rosanne Barr's show. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/people-praising-abc-president-channing-dungey-cancelling-roseanne-214930735.html

05/28/2018 Women on the front lines in the fight to stop HIV transmitting to children https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/hiv-aids-south-africa-women-mother-to-child-rate-infection-a8356926.html

05/20/2018 There are many good engineering programs in Africa's college systems https://www.africanexponent.com/post/8115-the-best-engineering-universities-in-africa

05/14/2018 81 year old blood donor has saved over 2.4 million lives. http://www.newsweek.com/blood-donor-james-harrison-saved-24million-babies-golden-arm-final-time-921433

05/12/2018 Is the world getting better or worse? A thoughtful and well reasoned TED Talk from Steve Pinker . https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_is_the_world_getting_better_or_worse_a_look_at_the_numbers

05/07/2018 The new retirement: Staying near the kids http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/the-new-retirement-near-the-kids/ar-AAwJihD?ocid=ientp

05/04/2018 Ford engineers have developed a window which allows people who are blind to see the view. http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/02/technology/ford-blind-view-tech/index.html

04/28/2018 Happy Pay it Forward Day! A rational and increasingly popular holiday http://payitforwardday.com/

04/25/2018 China and Japan pledge to denuclearize North Korea https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-japan-vow-cooperation-to-get-north-korea-to-quit-nukes/ar-AAvSBBH?ocid=spartanntp

04/18/2018 Violent crime and police death rates both continued to decline in 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/12/20/crime-police-killings-both-down-in-2017/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0b1ca0a6b67c

04/15/2018 What the Kids got right. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/jamil-smith-march-for-our-lives-rally-nra-rapper-killer-mike-w518417

04/11/2018 A bipartisan bill to protect Mueller introduced http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/382615-senators-to-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-protect-mueller

04/08/2018 The rise of e-biking hold promise to improve health, environment and peoples ability to travel the last mile https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/as-e-biking-grows-us-cities-consider-easing-rules-on-where-the-machines-may-be-used/2018/04/06/d20b2f58-3756-11e8-8fd2-49fe3c675a89_story.html?utm_term=.cc58232d546b

04/07/2018 Sam Harris does some serious house cleaning. Episode 122, look forward to Ezra Klein debate(talk) https://samharris.org/

04/03/2018 Teenagers today are doing far better across the board than commonly understood. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/well/family/teenagers-generation-stoneman-douglas-parkland-.html

03/28/2018 An election results in increased chance for reconciliation and reform in Ethiopia https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hopes-high-ethiopias-new-pm-will-ease-political-turmoil/ar-BBKORvz?ocid=spartanntp

03/26/2018 Enlightenment Now a hugely inspiring work by Steve Pinker on Science Reason and Human progress. https://www.amazon.com/Enlightenment-Now-Science-Humanism-Progress/dp/0525427570

03/20/2018 Many ethically courageous people from different walks are a gathering and growing force working to keep Russian meddling out of western elections. The Russian interlopers want us to see each other, communities and world as worse than it is . Stay strong don't believe their hype/deception.

03/04/2018 Meet Kyle Kulinski a bright young centrist. http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/kyle-kulinski

02/24/2018 Kevin Durant donates ten million dollars to children striving to earn a college degree. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2761297-kevin-durant-invests-10-million-in-program-to-help-kids-attend-college?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

02/23/2018 Best bathroom graffiti ever http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/parents-paint-messages-of-joy-and-kindness-on-school-bathroom-stalls/ar-BBJvajn?li=AAk6ORB&ocid=ientp

02/16/2018 A great story of strong work ethic intersecting with compassion and unity among co-workers. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/a-single-dad-walked-11-miles-to-work-every-day-until-his-co-workers-found-out/ar-BBJ5q5Y?li=AAk6ORB&ocid=ientp

02/15/2018 Great forum on political dialogue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFohRupaXzc

02/10/2018 Rate of teens dying in auto accidents plummets by half in just over a decade. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/car-crashes-remain-leading-cause-of-death-for-teens-but-fatalities-drop-by-almost-half-in-a-decade/2016/10/11/9d190a82-8fb3-11e6-9c85-ac42097b8cc0_story.html?utm_term=.b7ced63d0d23

02/04/2018 Teen substance abuse continues to decline https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/news-releases/2016/12/teen-substance-use-shows-promising-decline

01/31/2018 The decline of crime and growth of American cities. https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/01/the-great-crime-decline-and-the-comeback-of-cities/549998/

01/27/2018 Saudi Women will be allowed to drive and possibly fly. Progress in one of the world's least progressive places. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/01/26/saudi-women-will-soon-be-able-to-drive-will-they-be-able-to-fly-too/?utm_term=.47a5bdc53e6e

01/23/2018 Global average life expectancies will most likley exceed 85. Even a generation ago this would be unthinkable possibility http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/21/health/life-expectancy-increase-globally-by-2030/index.html

01/21/2018 A thoughtful and touching film on breaking cycles of dysfunction https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000005675688/my-dead-dads-porno-tapes.html?emc=edit_th_180120&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=58493938

01/16/2018 Why we should not exaggerate the actual harm tiny group of people known as terrorist actually do. http://time.com/5006353/why-we-shouldnt-exaggerate-the-scale-of-terrorism/

01/15/2018 Three ways MLK speaks to us today. http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/12/us/mlk-relevance-today/index.html

01/12/2018 Bezos donates thirty three million dollars to fund dreamers education. https://www.yahoo.com/news/jeff-bezos-donates-33-million-185413197.html

01/08/2018 Remembering General Anna Mae Hayes a pioneering American soldier and nurse https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/anna-mae-hays-nurse-who-became-us-militarys-first-female-general-dies-at-97/2018/01/08/276de52e-f48d-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-obit%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.a7fb7b902170

01/07/2018 On building a kinder culture. http://time.com/5087376/one-hope-for-the-new-year-a-kinder-culture/?xid=homepage&pcd=hp-magmod

12/31/2017 Researchers find sharp drop in poverty towards end of 2017. https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2017/09/12/researchers-find-sharp-decline-poverty-us-despite-census-report

12/29/2017 NYC crime rates plunge to lows no seen since the 1950s https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/27/nyregion/new-york-city-crime-2017.html

12/23/2017 A bipartisan group of former prosecutors and attorney generals defend Mueller. https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-us-attorneys-gop-officials-come-muellers-defense-172941703--politics.html

12/22/2017 Michael Schermer on The Moral Arc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVpZKh2Atro

12/18/2017 Spanking now clearly shown to worsen behavior and the number of parents who do it continues to decline. https://www.wsj.com/articles/spanking-for-misbehavior-it-causes-more-1513267680

12/17/2017 The ever sensible Shields, Brooks and Woodruff on recent events https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/shields-and-brooks-on-gop-tax-bills-economic-impact-doug-jones-alabama-win

12/15/2017 David Brooks on democracy https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/opinion/democracy-thomas-mann.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region

12/13/2017 Researchers find same sex families are as healthy and happy as any other families. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171213095522.htm

12/11/2017 Two facts NYC is more peaceful than it has ever been and it's citizens do not scare easy https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/opinion/port-authority-times-square-explosion.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region

12/06/2017 A thoughtful oped from Bill Clinton on deciding our future . https://player.fm/series/burkhartpm-on-narro/bill-clinton-americans-must-decide-who-we-really-are

12/04/2017 Chicago's homicide rate declines http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/us/chicago-homicide-shooting-statistics/index.html

12/01/2017 The right way to fix our universities(which are till the best in the world) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/opinion/the-right-way-to-fix-universities.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion&action=click&contentCollection=opinion&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=sectionfront

11/29/2017 We have strong allies in Japan and South Korea. http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a13821658/japan-south-korea-military-capability/

11/25/2017 Teen drug use is declining but why? https://www.npr.org/2017/03/18/520631254/teen-drug-use-is-declining-but-why

11/18/2017 Brilliant talk from Steven Pinker on reason and human progress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz_fh1TJqNo

11/15/2017 A very articulate and well reasoned speech on Russia and race relations in America. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/george-w-bush-just-delivered-230031917.html

11/13/2017 Remembering Arjay Miller and his call for improving civic life. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/arjay-miller-ford-president-and-stanford-business-dean-who-called-on-companies-to-improve-civic-life-dies-at-101/2017/11/10/8e145fe6-c572-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-obit%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.15bf2d9ab484

11/11/2017 The Marine Corps send loud and clear message in the form 10 year jail sentence to rouge extremist in their ranks. Recruits will be respected and religious freedoms preserved. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/marine-drill-instructor-convicted-abusing-recruits-083422792.html

11/10/2017 While violence has gone down we can and must do more to reduce gun violence //www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/06/opinion/how-to-reduce-shootings.html?smid=tw-share

11/03/2017 Scientists in US government release accurate climate report after current administration stops blocking them from doing so. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/11/03/trump-administration-releases-report-finds-no-convincing-alternative-explanation-for-climate-change/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_climate-215pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.7298cf0942cf

11/01/2017 Democracy is often self correcting when we least expect it. https://harvardmagazine.com/2014/05/samantha-power-kennedy-school-commencement-address

10/28/2017 Elon Musk give US governors great insights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYJ89vE-QfQ

10/25/2017 Large declines in teen substance abuse and delinquency found in new study. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171025090515.htm

10/22/2017 David Petraeus reminds white house military is very much open to press criticism. https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/4def668e-e810-369a-8cb4-b2379fc54683/ss_petraeus-hits-back-at-sarah.html

10/22/2017 Cities across Texas continue to see declines in crime rates. https://www.texastribune.org/2016/04/22/crime-rates-fall-texas-cities/

10/21/2017 Concerning crime and refuges the data tells a much more reassuring story than headlines in Germany.

http://www.dw.com/en/germany-has-become-safer/a-19444826

10/21/0217 Another positive outcome for UN peacekeepers https://unficyp.unmissions.org/supervision-cease-fire

10/19/2017 George W Bush talks sense. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/george-bush-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

10/18/2017 Success in reducing hunger across the world. http://curtisresearch.org/publications/success-in-reducing-hunger-lessons-from-india-malawi-and-brazil/

10/15/2017 Guns are not what protect us from tyranny the rule of law is. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/opinion/gun-rights-vegas-massacre.html?smid=tw-share

10/15/2017 Great work from Anthony Bourdain on the hard working optimistic people of Lagos. https://explorepartsunknown.com/destination/lagos/

10/14/2017 Teen pregnancies at all time low birth rate. http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/30/health/teen-birth-rate-prenatal-care-2016/index.html

10/13/2017 We shall never cease to explore space https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-human-space-exploration-is-not-a-dead-end/2017/10/13/808f257c-af88-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.07ff64ea5eba

10/12/2017 Women are slowly gaining representation in governments across the world. https://www.positive.news/2017/society/29636/went-right-july-september-2017/

10/09/2017 ISIS fighters who pledged never to surrender do so en masse. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/world/middleeast/isis-iraq-surrender.html?mabReward=ACTM3&recid=0ujIJwQOmxsa58ThkWmmJrsFZ4w&recp=1&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine

10/09/2017 Germany steps up to help Puerto Rico rebuild with micro grids a far more resilient structure to hurricanes. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/2/1703392/-Germany-steps-up-to-help-rebuild-power-grid-in-Puerto-Rico-s-emergency-relief-centers?detail=emaildkre

10/06/2017 An innocent man who imagined the world as it could be. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/opinion/john-thompson-exonerated.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-0&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article

10/04/2017 US Generals speaking up out of necessity. Our institutions are still strong and capable of self correcting and growing. http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/04/politics/trump-generals-mattis/index.html

10/01/2017 Women gain right to drive in Saudi Arabia http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-saudi-arabia-driving-2017-story.html

09/29/2017 Serious and constructive limit setting from the leadership at the Air Force Academy https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/head-of-air-force-academy-condemns-racial-slurs_us_59ce7c4ce4b0352fc1f4223d?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

09/28/2017 Israel joins nations sending teams to help Puerto Rico recover. https://www.israel21c.org/israaid-sends-emergency-response-team-to-puerto-rico/

09/25/2017 More research on the decline of warfare across the world. http://oefresearch.org/blog/debate-continues-peace-numbers

09/22/2017 Leonardo DiCaprio donates 20 million dollars to battle climate change. https://www.yahoo.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-donates-20m-combat-182859954.html

09/16/2017 It is time we take a new and hard look at the Vietnam war and ourselves. As troubled as our world seems juxtapose it to this time in history far more violenet, troubled and divided. http://kenburns.com/films/vietnam/

09/11/2017 UN imposes toughest ever sanctions on North Korea it is hard to be a dictator now days. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-the-push-for-oil-embargo-on-north-korea-china-is-reluctant-to-sign-off/2017/09/11/3a5b56fe-96e5-11e7-a527-3573bd073e02_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_no-name%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar&tid=a_breakingnews&utm_term=.1a933021950b

09/10/2017 Environmental activists can and should become more data driven if we are to over come climate change. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/09/07/impossible-environmentalism-does-not-address-sustainability-ted-nordhaus-column/570651001/

09/06/2017 Unfortunately our society has gone from neo-nazi's and like groups being able to gather 20-30 folks in the streets to almost 200(although last few attempts drew less than 20). For perspective what did such things look like in a time period 1970s or before?

09/06/2017 Great article on using humor to derail hate groups. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/opinion/comedy-protest-taxes-nazis.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region

09/04/2017 Why America's melting pot works. http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/09/01/when-america-melting-pot-works/xGCMb2tmSgbPYpeeaqUN4H/story.html?event=event25

09/02/2017 Travis Mills one of our most heroic vets has never stopped giving (including all four limbs) and you can help him. Travis sets the highest example of the power to choose your attitude and will your way through life's struggles. https://www.travismills.org/foundation/our-retreat/

08/28/2017 Any identity politics tends to be suspect in 2017. White identity politics is particularly egregious, David Brooks on how the GOP's selling it will lead to it's downfall.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/opinion/trump-identity-politics.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region

08/26/2017 Some sensible talk from John McCain no one should be above the law. When TPOTUS is gone our nation will heal. http://time.com/4917014/joe-arpaio-pardon-reaction-john-mccain-jeff-flake/

08/24/2017 High school graduation rates reach record high. http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/10/17/498246451/the-high-school-graduation-reaches-a-record-high-again

08/23/2017 Warren Buffet and Bill Gates for the hour on Charlie Rose. These men are the epitome of intelligence, caring and engagement whom are deeply optimistic to the future. https://charlierose.com/videos/29774

08/19/2017 Massive, diverse and 99.9% peaceful (what little scuffling there was quickly calmed) counter protesters force handful of white supremacists to fold up early in Boston. This far more reflects general declines in bigotry and violence we as a people have achieved. Sometimes it is better to listen to academic experts ( and former POTUS)whom generally agree we are living in the most peaceful point on human history . Don't believe the hype on cable TV screamingly otherwise. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/08/19/thousands-expected-at-boston-free-speech-rally-and-counter-protest/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_boston-11am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.8581efb42b31

08/18/2017 In show of unity hundreds of people line up to turn themselves in for toppling confederate statue. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/17/1690803/-In-a-show-of-solidarity-hundreds-lined-up-to-turn-themselves-in-for-toppling-a-Confederate-statue?detail=emaildkre

08/11/2017 A rational and measured approach to North Korea from China. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/china-warns-north-korea-youre-on-your-own-if-you-go-after-the-us/2017/08/11/a01a4396-7e68-11e7-9026-4a0a64977c92_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_chinankorea-511am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.e760a74ee223

08/11/2017 Empowering and investing in women is key to making Africa a more peaceful place (it is far more peaceful today than in any point in the past) http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=57338#.WY4vwvKWzcc

08/06/2017 Deaths from fire are always tragic and preventable. NYC has succeeded in lowering the number of deaths caused by fire to lowest point in 100 years. In per capita terms i.e. the odds of dying in a fire the success is even more remarkable. Well done NYC. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/nyregion/new-york-city-fire-deaths.html

08/05/2017 ISIS facing knock out punch is Raqqa http://abcnews.go.com/International/analysis-isis-facing-knockout-punch-raqqa-losing-mosul/story?id=48722198

08/03/2017 50 years ago all Americans won the right to vote we must protect it. https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/50-years-ago-all-americans-won-right-vote-today-right-under-attack

07/31/2017 Thoughtful reflection on how TPOTUS won and what can be learned=. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/344579-cnns-zakaria-trumps-win-was-a-class-rebellion-against-people

07/28/2017 Jobs which are in decline often have similar skill sets as jobs which are growing. Switching careers not as hard as most people think. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/upshot/switching-careers-is-hard-it-doesnt-have-to-be.html?mabReward=ACTM3&recp=6&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine

07/27/2017 Steven Pinker correctly points out ceasefire and agreement to elections in Libya gets almost zero new coverage. https://twitter.com/sapinker?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

07/27/2017 McCain's heroic act derails republican's efforts. It is amazing how many decorated Vietnam vets governing TPOTUS's behaviors. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/us/john-mccains-real-return.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

07/25/2017 John Boehner used to sneak into White House his recent interview and dressing down of right-wing media worth reading. http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/cnsnewscom-staff/boehner-says-he-used-sneak-white-house-see-obama

07/23/2017 TPOTUS's scattered mind and unfiltered mouth manage to utter few accurate statements on universal health care. A gift that keeps on giving https://www.yahoo.com/style/bernie-sanders-apos-t-keep-223500454.html

07/22/2017 Former intelligence chiefs display remarkable candor and ethical bearings in public dressing down of TPOTUS. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/former-obama-spy-chiefs-upbraid-trump-over-his-remarks-about-his-intelligence-community/2017/07/21/01764e7e-6e82-11e7-b9e2-2056e768a7e5_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_aspen-1040pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.c6b2c2de45b2

07/19/2017 Steven Pinker to publish new book defending the Enlightenment early 2018. Stay tuned.

07/18/2017 A effective caring and very well run American non profit helping refugees all across the world. This is who we are. http://arcrelief.org/

07/13/2017 A thoughtful article on modernity, open societies and Islam. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/opinion/shariahs-winding-path-into-modernity.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region

07/12/2017 FBI nominee pledges to resign before he would inappropriately drop an investigation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/2017/07/12/8f879432-6704-11e7-a1d7-9a32c91c6f40_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_wray-1250pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.014c16925f6a

07/09/2017 A costly, hard fought and needed victory as Iraqi forces defeat ISIS in Mosul. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iraqs-prime-minister-arrives-in-mosul-to-declare-victory-over-isis/2017/07/09/75c421e0-6197-11e7-80a2-8c226031ac3f_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_mosulfall-947am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.c0f7deb00a73

07/07/2017 Tr-mp cant push his way anywhere in G-20 photo. Notice who is front and center. http://www.newsweek.com/g20-photo-trump-merkel-macron-633358

07/06/2017 Chobani stands by it's decision to hire and support refugees. Well done especially in the face of completely false and bigoted Infowars attack. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chobani-founder-stands-by-hiring-refugees/

07/05/2017 Three star general Nadja West on over coming doubt. http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/politics/nadja-west-badass-women-of-washington/index.html

06/30/2017 More research finds declining rates of homophobia and acceptance of same sex marriage. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/05/12/support-steady-for-same-sex-marriage-and-acceptance-of-homosexuality/

06/27/2017 More and more people are donating kidneys to strangers. Another example of how our circle of empathy and compassion continues to expand. Also a reminder to exercise and eat healthy to avoid kidney disease which the vast majority of which is preventable. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23431310-900-would-you-give-one-of-your-kidneys-to-a-stranger/

06/25/2017 One group of older Americans have much more favorable opinion of Mexico. Those who live there http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/24/americas/mexico-american-expats/index.html

06/23/2017 Republican senator key to healthcare bill renounces it with unusual candor. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/us/politics/health-care-bill-senate.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

06/20/2017 Suburban moms are a politically diverse and increasingly active group of citizens. http://www.mediaite.com/uncategorized/suburban-moms-are-reportedly-driving-jon-osoffs-campaign/

06/16/2017 Big victory for dreamers. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/us/politics/trump-will-allow-dreamers-to-stay-in-us-reversing-campaign-promise.html?mabReward=ACTM1&recp=3&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine&_r=0

06/16/2017 A simple fix to make our next election more secure. https://www.wired.com/story/georgia-runoff-election-hack-audit-vote

06/13/2017 Tesla rolls out safest SUV ever http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/13/technology/tesla-model-x-safety-rating/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool

06/11/2017 ISIS's model is failing http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-islamic-state-daesh-funding-iraq-syria-territory-losses-oil-air-strikes-icsr-report-antiquities-a7586936.html

06/07/2017 Another nail in the coffin of Tr-mp's dystopian vision the mayors of Pittsburg and Paris co-author wonder response to his attempt to pit them against each other. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/opinion/the-mayors-of-pittsburgh-and-paris-we-have-our-own-climate-deal.html?ribbon-ad-idx=4&rref=opinion&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&pgtype=article

06/07/2017 In spite of hype renewable energy continues to surge in Red leaning political states. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/climate/renewable-energy-push-is-strongest-in-the-reddest-states.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

06/03/2017 French government fact checks out TPOTUS's BS and illogical approach to climate change and the Paris accord. Americans almost always do the right thing after they have exhausted all the other options (Churchill) . This must be the case here sooner than later. http://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/06/03/08/18/france-corrects-white-house-video-on-climate-pact-facts-trump

06/03/2017 Why tiny homes are such a well kept secret. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/realestate/what-no-one-ever-tells-you-about-tiny-homes.html?mabReward=ACTM_TC4&recp=0&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine&_r=0

06/01/2017 America's CEO denounce TPOTUS ridiculous stance and actions on climate change. http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/01/news/ceos-respond-trump-paris-agreement/index.html

05/31/2017 Promising new program reduces drug and alcohol use in teens. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170531162940.htm

05/30/2017 East coast states taking smart steps to fight climate change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/thankfully-virginia-and-dc-are-taking-climate-policy-into-their-own-hands/2017/05/29/745e9a10-41bc-11e7-adba-394ee67a7582_story.html?utm_term=.5ed22c61ff01

05/28/2017 Teen drug use down. https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/news-releases/2016/12/teen-substance-use-shows-promising-decline

05/27/2017 China and India making huge progress in fighting climate change. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/opinion/paris-agreement-climate-china-india.html?_r=0

05/26/2017 On accountability and impeachment http://time.com/4740923/allan-lichtman-case-for-impeachment-donald-trump/

05/26/2017 Facing the loss of their unborn child couple decides to carry baby to term to help other children and more. A hugely touching heroic act our thoughts and best wishes go out to this child and the family. https://www.yahoo.com/gma/south-carolina-couple-carry-baby-fatal-condition-term-110254764--abc-news-parenting.html

05/21/2017 Iranians overwhelmingly elect moderate Rouhani. https://news.vice.com/story/hassan-rouhani-wins-iran-presidential-election-by-a-landslide

05/20/2017 Cracking Washington's gridlock to solve climate change https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/opinion/cracking-washingtons-gridlock-to-save-the-planet.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0

05/17/2017 Former FBI director Robert Mueller appointed as special counsel to investigate Russian meddling in our last election. Our democracy begins to correct it self as it has many times before. http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/17/politics/special-counsel-robert-mueller/index.html

05/15/2017 High school graduation rates hit all time highs. http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/10/17/498246451/the-high-school-graduation-reaches-a-record-high-again

05/13/2017 Comey not worried about potential Nixionain secret recordings. EBO suspects Tr-mp and his handlers plenty worried about his future testimony. http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/12/politics/james-comey-dinner-trump/index.html

05/10/2017 Days before firing James Comey sought more resources to investigate Russian meddling in last election Tr-mp's days are numbered. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/us/politics/comey-russia-investigation-fbi.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-ab-top-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

05/10/2017 Teen smoking is at all time low. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0612-yrbs.html

05/07/2017 Centrist candidate soundly defeats right wing extremist in French presidential race. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/07/world/europe/emmanuel-macron-france-election-marine-le-pen.html?_r=0

05/05/2017 A thoughtful article on inequality https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/upshot/income-equality-isnt-just-about-headwinds-tailwinds-count-too.html?ribbon-ad-idx=4&rref=business/economy&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Economy&pgtype=article

05/03/2017 New study finds rates of youth violence continues to decline https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170426092404.htm

04/30/2017 A rational voice on nuclear power http://www.environmentalprogress.org/big-news/2017/1/8/breaking-closure-of-indian-point-would-spike-power-emissions-29-reversing-14-years-of-declines

04/26/2017 Another set back for Tr-mp's plans https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/us/judge-blocks-trump-sanctuary-cities.html?mabReward=ACTM6&recp=3&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine&_r=0

04/23/2017 High school graduation rates at all time highs. Kids now days. https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-high-school-graduation-rate-hits-new-record-high-0

04/18/2017 China becoming increasingly less tolerant of North Korea's belligerence https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/asia/china-north-korea-war.html?action=click&contentCollection=Well&module=Trending&version=Full&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article

04/18/2017 Vets provide some hugely inspiring moments at the Boston Marathon. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2704366-wounded-veterans-earl-granville-and-jose-sanchez-complete-boston-marathon

04/17/2017 Trans fat bans are saving many lives and reducing suffering related to strokes https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170414123935.htm

04/15/2017 Tr-mp continues to claim murder rates are at all time highs in fact they are at or around all time lows. Cynicism and outrage are freighting easy to generate, please don't believe this harmful hype. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/07/513952870/in-meeting-with-sheriffs-trump-repeats-false-murder-rate-statistic

04/14/2017 Are Tr-mp's recent flip flops reason to cautiously celebrate? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-recent-flip-flops-are-something-to-cautiously-celebrate/2017/04/13/05b87cd2-206c-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html?utm_term=.8c64a81078fa

04/12/2017 California drought is over, most of the efficiency/conservation improvements remain . https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-drought-officially-over-see-130420132.html

04/07/2017 Dozens of advertisers drop Bill O' Reilly https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/ba2b14e4-3058-3ab9-ba57-ee13a6b08f12/dozens-of-advertisers-have.html

04/05/2017 Bannon out professionals back in National Security Committee. Reality begins to impose itself on our TPOTUS. https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-republicans-praise-trump-removing-bannon-nsc-post-210124808.html

04/02/2017 The fourth estate becoming increasingly active in imposing transparency and public discourse in face of unprecedented lows in presidential behaviors http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-our-dishonest-president/#nt=notificatio

03/29/2017 Holocaust survivor calls out Tr-mp officials on deportation and receives standing ovation. If ever we need to listen to our elders. https://www.yahoo.com/news/holocaust-survivor-gets-standing-ovation-161244095.html

03/29/2017 Increasing solidarity and strength of women in Washington . The question still remains when not if we will have a women POTUS. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/29/women-hillary-clinton-among-them-stand-up-for-april-ryan-maxine-waters-they-were-simply-doing-their-jobs/?tid=pm_pop&utm_term=.04629733228b

03/26/2017 Tr-mp's lack of knowledge may have been key role in failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act. http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/25/politics/donald-trump-lesson-deal-making-health-care/index.html

03/21/2017 A new and welcome effort to honor memory of women who broke barriers in the work place http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/first-ever-rosie-riveter-day-honors-women-broke-wwiis-workplace-gender-barrier/

03/21/2017 Russian meddling being investigated. so many ways our democracy can and most often does correct its mistkes https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/us/politics/fbi-investigation-trump-russia-comey.html

03/19/2017 Irish Prime Minister schools Tr-mp on ethics and immigration http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/irish_prime_minister_criti

03/18/2017 How Tr-mp has been mercifully incompetent https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-once-said-we-were-led-by-very-very-stupid-people-hes-finally-right/2017/03/17/1c6f915a-0b3a-11e7-b77c-0047d15a24e0_story.html?utm_term=.818ad0a3fade

03/18/2017 A threatened meals on wheels see nation wide surge in volunteers and donations. http://fortune.com/2017/03/18/meals-on-wheels-trump-budget-cut/?xid=homepage

03/14/2017 Great articles on adapting to the age of robots. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/upshot/how-to-beat-the-robots.html?ribbon-ad-idx=4&rref=upshot&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=The%20Upshot&pgtype=article

03/11/2017 A revival in the long tradition of Jewish community engaging in civil rights movement has been reignited to levels not seen since the 1960s. Thanks TPOTUS Temporary President of The United States. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-jewish-coalition-20170310-story.html

03/11/0217 Corporate ethics alive and well in some quarters. Starbuck finds no fallout from vow to help and hire refugees. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/starbucks-has-not-seen-any-substantive-impact-on-its-brand-since-vowing-to-hire-10000-refugees-221023068.html

03/10/2017 Massive push back you can join against science denying EPA chief. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/03/10/epa-administrator-scott-pruitt-call-your-office/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_ee-pruitt-8pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.fc19797c472f

03/08/2017 Jeff Session clearly lied under oath. The time for self-correcting a hallmark of our great democracy is upon us. http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/03/06/how-confused-could-jeff-sessions-have-been/WnMFaVlV1ubyu67pkBA9RM/story.html?p1=Article_Recommended_ReadMore_Pos10

03/08/2017 Happy International Women's Day. https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

03/03/3017 Michigan barber shop gives money back to kids who read out loud and demonstrate comprehension . These men are on to something and the idea is spreading. http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/15/us/barbershop-discount-kids-who-read-trnd/

3/03/2017 Incredibly cute kids show solidarity and kindness https://www.yahoo.com/style/4-year-old-boy-cuts-his-hair-so-he-can-look-exactly-like-his-best-friend-220554213.html

02/26/2017 American valor Jocko Wilnik interviews Colonel William Reeder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHIxtd-oYTs

02/25/2017 Yet another culture that eats no refined foods and has incredibly low rates of disease and acne for that matter. https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/crazy-reason-no-one-living-214500543.html

02/22/2017 The majority of countries most likely will continue to see increases in life expectancy. America did not make the list for reasons that are entirely correctable. http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/21/health/life-expectancy-increase-globally-by-2030/index.html

02/21/2017 Interesting article of how incredibly violent hunter gather tribes lived. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/prehistoric-californian-hunter-gatherer-societies-were-plagued-lethal-violence-1607718?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous&yptr=yahoo

02/18/2017 ISIS business model near collapse https://www.yahoo.com/news/report-islamic-state-groups-business-003133161.html

02/12/2017 Iceland has one of the longest life expectancies in the world and gender equality is one of the reasons they live so long and healthy. http://www.chatelaine.com/health/why-iceland-is-one-of-the-worlds-healthiest-countries/

02/10/2017 Waterboys a partnership between East Africa, football fans and players providing new and modern wells to folks in need. The poverty rates in Africa have been declining and quality of life has been going up. This is yet another example of how our world has become more interconnected and empathic. https://twitter.com/WaterboysORG

02/08/2017 Tr-mp's worst alternative fact yet " murder rate in our country is highest it has been in 47 years" WTF seriously ? In fact both murder and crime rates are almost 50% lower than highest points over this timeframe and far lower than more remote times in our history. Prepare to be underwhelmed by Tr-mp's narcissistic silence or self aggrandizing declaration of superiority to experts at FBI and research community on this and other matters. Are we smart enough to see through this psychopath's cynicism? Probably so, America has corrected a lot of it's mistakes before. Or as Churchill said in his darkest hour " Americans invariably do the right thing once they have exhausted all their other options".

02/05/2017 Five good reasons opposition to Tr-mp has reasons to be optimistic https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/opinion/five-reasons-the-opposition-is-in-good-shape-to-fight-trump.html?ribbon-ad-idx=4&rref=opinion&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&pgtype=article

01/31/2017 An hour long conversation with Bill Gates and Warren Buffett which is reassuring and all about hope and optimism based on evidence https://charlierose.com/videos/29774

01/28/2017 To explore another case in point on maturity not being a function of age compare Mark Zuckerburg's position on immigration ( or business success for that matter) to Tr-mp's. http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/01/27/zuckerberg-concerned-trump-immigration-plan/97158080/

01/28/2017 A step forward in bettering race relations in the deep south. http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/01/28/lagrange-georgia-apology-for-lynching-of-austin-callaway-in-1940.cnn

01/25/2017 ISIS militants getting beaten badly by an increasingly professional Iraqi army http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/islamic-state-militants-run-eastern-mosul-iraqi-troops-close-1602711?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous&yptr=yahoo

01/25/2017 "Fraud just doesn't happen in elections" EBO from Pew researcher center Tr-mp struggles on reality http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/01/25/trump-voter-fraud-investigation-abc-news-muir-becker-intvu-tsr-bts.cnn

01/25/2017 Republicans struggle to explain unbridled dishonesty and self-aggrandizement from Tr-mp https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/they-wanted-to-write-a-game-plan-instead-hill-republicans-are-spending-the-week-deflecting-questions-about-president-trump/2017/01/25/0f043d76-e318-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_pkcapitol-450pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.f2b949ecbfe1

01/21/2017 African Americans leaders are making contributions in all fields. There are more black men in college than prison don't believe the hype of the race baiting narcissist we have just elected. EBO predicts Tr-mp will be a sad foot note in the long run of our democracy's history. The progress we have made and will make in atoning for our original sin will continue and might even flourish even more if we unite around opposition to his self-serving beer hall mentality. http://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-2015/famous-african-american-leaders-photo.html?cmp=SL-DSO-OUTBRAIN-DESKTAB-POLITICS-POLSLIDEALTHEAD-SLIDE-PV_14+African+Americans+at+the+Top+of+their+Fields_0081b5c50b1443b992ecd546bf90987da0_00a8b2835ef21cb71ae3633c2e67258287#slide1

01/21/2017 WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY. Huge turn out for women's march against Tr-mp(unlike scant turn out he had yesterday) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/womens-march.html?_r=0

01/20/2017 California one of the most successful economies takes the lead in cutting green house gases setting up a fight which can and must be won. https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-unveils-sweeping-plan-combat-climate-change-191621968.html

01/20/2017 Tr-mp can not stop the green energy revolution. https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-11-09/trump-cannot-halt-the-march-of-clean-energy

01/19/2017A glimmer of realism for incoming administration EPA nomine breaks with Tr-mp and acknowledges climate change is real. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/epa-nominee-says-climate-change-real/

01/17/2017 Is crime going up or down chart your perceptions versus reality http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/is-violence-in-america-going-up-or-down/491384/

01/16/2017 The lights are on in Detroit https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/arts/the-lights-are-on-in-detroit.html?contentCollection=weekendreads&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=c-column-middle-span-region&region=c-column-middle-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-middle-span-region

01/11/2017 Rethinking our obesity crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3oI104STzs

01/10/2017 The call for an open society in Iran has never faded away. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/world/middleeast/iran-rafsanjani-funeral-protests.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

01/10/2017 Reality begins to impose itself of our president elect. http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html

01/09/2017 How to combat fake news http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/07/opinion/sunday/how-to-destroy-the-business-model-of-breitbart-and-fake-news.html?mabReward=A6&recp=8&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine&_r=0

01/07/2017 Tr-mp continues to be transparently ignorant. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/06/what-trump-got-wrong-on-twitter-this-week/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_factchecker-815am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.3eb34269464c

01/02/2017 US Judiciary becomes a bit more diverse https://www.yahoo.com/news/trailblazing-hasidic-woman-judge-american-dream-161042028.html

12/31/2016 Fake news aside childhood sex trafficking in America is tragic but rare and solvable. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/09/02/the-fishy-claim-that-100000-children-in-the-united-states-are-in-the-sex-trade/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.540caf545260

12/30/2016 Former prominent minister becomes a non-militant atheist. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/magazine/the-evangelical-scion-who-stopped-believing.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

12/28/2016 Is asthma preventable? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/health/fish-oil-asthma-pregnancy.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

12/24/2016 Five ways to achieve (more) peace and prosperity. http://www.alternet.org/story/146724/5_ways_to_achieve_world_peace_and_prosperity_--_yes,_it's_possible

12/23/2016 Five obvious and little known ways the world has gotten better http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2016/12/23/14062168/history-global-conditions-charts-life-span-poverty

12/20/2016 A huge step forward in protecting the artic. https://sierra.secure.force.com/actions/National?actionId=AR0063478&id=70131000001DjeDAAS&data=facc5007ce986af9ce6fc3d64917d09341405df9fb67525f4ab9e8407cb72705cb315cb9e4f09eb2662ab91e9265fe58&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sierraclub&utm_campaign=beyondoil

12/17/2016 In spite of what our president elect claimed violent crime continues to go down. Hope he doesn't manage to derail the trend he denied. http://www.forbes.com/sites/neilhowe/2015/05/28/whats-behind-the-decline-in-crime/#1ebe36747733

12/14/2016 Russia is clearly waging information warfare with us we are strong and can and should fight back. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/opinion/putin-is-waging-information-warfare-heres-how-to-fight-back.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0

12/12/2016 The remarkable story of winning peace and prosperity in Columbia. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-colombia-advertising-to-sell-peace-not-products/

12/10/2016 Majority of Tr-mp voters living in alternative reality which discounts a lot of good which has happened. http://www.alternet.org/media/rachel-maddow-poll-reveals-trump-voters-live-alternate-state-reality

12/09/2016 Experts predict clean energy may move forward in spite of Tr-mp's EPA pick http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/us/politics/trump-climate-epa-coal-jobs.html?rref=homepage&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Home%20Page&pgtype=article

12/06/2016 Ten million dollars donated to reduce hate crimes. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/us/politics/george-soros-hate-crimes.html

12/04/2016 Incremental gains in advancing women's political rights continue. http://origin-nyi.thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/civil-rights/308471-only-incremental-political-gains-by-women-worldwide

11/30/2016 Phillip Morris plans to stop selling cigarettes? https://www.yahoo.com/news/philip-morris-ceo-looks-towards-103255171.html

11/26/2016 How to build a stylish home for under 30k. http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/25/design/wikkelhouse-houses-made-of-carboard/index.html

11/23/2016 Trump reverses himself on climate change, ACA and torture? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/donald-trump-pulls-a-bait-and-switch-on-america/2016/11/23/491cac3a-b1b5-11e6-8616-52b15787add0_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-e%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.156b9b50bb7a

11/20/2016 Progress in helping people with autism contribute and succeed in college. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/health/autism-spectrum-college.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

11/19/2016 Mike Pence booed by largely white audience until Hamilton Cast silences booing with brilliant and uplifting message https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDIGpZnGgIo

11/19/2016 A bit of justice for the victims of trump university https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-settles-trump-university-lawsuits-for-25-million-215707514.html

11/18/2016 The right way to resist Trump http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/opinion/the-right-way-to-resist-trump.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0

11/15/2016 The life and example of Gwen Ifil.. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/opinion/the-life-and-example-of-gwen-ifill.html?src=trending&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Trending&pgtype=article

11/13/2016 While we just elected a man whom convinced many crime and chaos are rising they have in fact long been in decline (including the past 8 years) . Hope fully the trend he denied can continue . http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/what-caused-the-crime-decline/477408/

11/10/2016 The surprisingly easy path way to eliminate the electoral college. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/9/1594792/-The-surprisingly-realistic-path-to-eliminating-the-Electoral-College-by-2020

11/09/2016 Our democracy is capable of correcting it's many mistakes and has a strong history of doing so. Please don't give into anger and cynical

and fearful mindsets(those which always seem to be in play on the occasion we go astray).

11/07/2016 Hundreds gather a Susan B Anthony Memorial. http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/08/politics/susan-b-anthony-gravesite-voting-stickers-irpt/index.html

11/05/2016 FOX news withdraws false story about and apologizes (sort of) to Hillary Clinton. http://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fox-news-anchor-apologizes-for-report-on-clinton-foundation-probe/

10/30/2016 We are going to die and that makes us the lucky ones. Literary and philosophical brilliance from Richard Dawkins. http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/83303-we-are-going-to-die-and-that-makes-us-the

10/25/2016 The death penalty is nearing it's end. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/24/opinion/the-death-penalty-nearing-its-end.html?mabReward=A5&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine

10/23/2016 Russia learns a lesson about risks associated with tampering with American Democracy http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/jester-hacks-russian-ministry/

10/18/2016 All of the worlds governments agree to end potent climate warming refrigerants. A huge and needed step in combating global warming. http://ens-newswire.com/2016/10/18/world-to-phase-out-potent-climate-warming-refrigerants/

10/17/2016 EBO on preventing gun violence https://brownschool.wustl.edu/NewsAndMedia/Newsroom/Pages/Preventing-Gun-Violence-Evidence-Based-Optimism-in-a-Realistic-World.aspx

10/16/2016 Christopher Hitchens on Thomas Jefferson a timeless lecture. We miss Hitch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_iOJtAuzk4

10/12/2016 Police saves baby from choking and becomes her god father . http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/12/health/iyw-cop-godfather-saves-baby-trnd/index.html

10/11/2016 ISIS decline on the ground causing drop in online and recruiting ability . http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/world/middleeast/islamic-state-media-propaganda-isis.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

10/08/2016 Republican party's cognitive dissonance on full display as slew of republicans continue to condemn and reluctantly endorse him. Our young democracy has a tendency to right it's extremes. EBO predicts 100 years from now Trump will be a trivial footnote. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/america-deserves-far-better-republicans-230736347.html

10/07/2016 Columbian president win the Nobel for efforts to end last war in western hemisphere. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/world/americas/nobel-peace-prize-juan-manuel-santos-colombia.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

10/05/2016 A life with disabilities is a life worth living. A touching op-ed. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/05/opinion/a-disabled-life-is-a-life-worth-living.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0

10/01/2016 Portland's small house movement catching on. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/style/portland-affordable-housing-solutions-tiny-homes.html?action=click&contentCollection=Golf&module=Trending&version=Full&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article

09/29/2016 Nice op-ed on why we can give up our ICBMs http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/opinion/why-its-safe-to-scrap-americas-icbms.html?_r=0

09/25/2016 Great article on the changes in living standards over the past 50 years. http://www.jsonline.com/story/money/2016/09/24/living-standards-improved-past-50-years/90932844/

09/20/2016 Nice work on the myth of voter fraud. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/opinion/the-success-of-the-voter-fraud-myth.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0

09/18/2016 Forcing drug companies to publish the results of all drug trails is a huge step forward. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-16/drugmakers-must-report-clinical-trial-results-once-kept-secret?utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-business

09/17/2016 Former Secretary of Defense and CIA director Bob Gates " trump beyond repair". Our young democracy has a tendency to correct it's own extremes http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/robert-gates-donald-trump-national-security_us_57dd63b4e4b08cb1409622ee?section=&

09/13/2016 Trump transparently ignorant and narcissistic http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-911-building-lie_us_57d8017be4b0fbd4b7bb6182?section=&section=us_politic

09/11/2016 10 interesting and hopeful charts of change in racial attitudes over time. http://ijr.com/2014/04/133024-10-charts-show-racist-america-really/

09/09/2016 A touching moment at 30,000 feet. http://www.popsugar.com/moms/Dad-Helps-Pregnant-Woman-Plane-Soothe-Crying-Baby-42348975

09/08/2016 Seat belt laws work http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15003594

09/05/2016 The surprising places where women hold power in Africa https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/15/womens-rights-in-africa-grow-stronger-after-conflicts-heres-why/

09/03/2016 What is behind the dramatic decline of gang violence in LA? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/24/gang-violence-decline_n_6656840.html

09/01/2016 America destroying the last of its chemical weapons https://www.yahoo.com/news/apnewsbreak-us-set-destroy-big-chemical-weapon-stockpile-200315426.html

08/31/2016 Man loses 300 lbs on " Walmart Diet". http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/weightloss/meet-the-man-who-lost-more-than-300-pounds-on-the-walmart-diet/ar-BBvOPTU?li=BBnb2gg&ocid=iehp

08/31/2016 Economic development quietly(from news POV) goes on in Milwaukee neighborhood all over the news lately. Sherman Park is a lot better than the news portrays it http://www.jsonline.com/story/money/real-estate/commercial/2016/08/17/sherman-park-unrest-wont-stop-nearby-developments/88828828/

08/23/2016 New and smarter guidelines out for kid's sugar consumption. https://gma.yahoo.com/american-heart-association-issues-recommendations-kids-sugar-154903971--abc-news-wellness.html#

08/22/2016 Fire deaths at all time low in Chicago. We have come along way since Ms. O'Leary's cow. http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/tag/chciago-fire-deaths-decline/

08/20/2016 Feds ending privatized prisons. http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a47791/federal-government-will-stop-private-prisons/

08/20/2016 New study casts doubt on idea most of us are irrationally optimistic. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160816182618.htm

08/20/2016 A rare, courageous and helpful response from young man shot by police in Milwaukee http://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/crossroads/2016/08/18/woodson-take-steps-toward-progress-responsibility-introspection/88960888/

08/12/2016 First African American to win gold medal in swimming is simply inspiring. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/im-black-and-i-cant-swim-simone-manuel-showed-america-why-it-must-change/2016/08/12/138f8b6c-6086-11e6-9d2f-b1a3564181a1_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_brewer-1220p-top%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

08/09/2016 David Brooks on rethinking the relationship between freedom, affluence and community. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/opinion/the-great-affluence-fallacy.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0

08/07/2016 Selfless people have more sex. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160804141642.htm

08/03/2016 When Sandra Day O'Conner broke into the good old boys club. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/opinion/when-sandra-day-oconnor-broke-into-the-mens-club.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0

07/31/2016 Check out and try ugly veggies and fruits now available at Walmart. Walmart takes another step to fight food waste and you can save money and help.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/82655737/buyugly-fruit-and-vege-goes-mainstream-with-walmart

07/30/2016 Huge advances in Israel's desalination program hold huge potential to improve social, political and economic conditions across the world. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/israel-proves-the-desalination-era-is-here/

07/28/2016 Our young democracy has it's first female primary winner and presidential candidate. Can she win? http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-conventions/can-hillary-clinton-seize-moment-historic-acceptance-speech-n618986

07/26/2016 102 year old very much engaged in our political process which didn't think would ever yield a female president https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics-live/liveblog/democratic-national-convention-updates/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_liveblog-10a%3Aliveblog%2Fpromo#9efff57f-9d97-492e-b19b-635f5bfc2dd1

07/25/2016 The illusion of mass chaos and societal decline is complete 180 of reality. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/opinion/delusions-of-chaos.html?_r=0

07/22/2016 Courageous women standing for secularism. http://www.centerforinquiry.net/news/experience_true_courage_at_women_in_secularism_4_in_september/

07/19/2016 Black Lives Matter protest evolved into BBQ with Kansas police department. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/07/19/kansas-black-lives-matter-holds-picnic-police-instead-protest/87299934/?hl=1&noRedirect=1

07/19/2016 Great talk on human progress by Steve Pinker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dNL6W7pHHk

07/18/2016 Theresa May becomes the next women leader trained in science to lead a major European power.

07/17/2016 Our better angels continue to soar to new heights . Great follow work from Steve Pinker on the decline of violence http://stevenpinker.com/pages/frequently-asked-questions-about-better-angels-our-nature-why-violence-has-declined

07/16/2016 An intriguing study finds prescription drug use falls in states with legalized cannabis. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/13/one-striking-chart-shows-why-pharma-companies-are-fighting-legal-marijuana/?tid=pm_pop_b

07/16/2016 The world's first solar only airport has opened. http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/14/technology/india-cochin-solar-powered-airport/index.html

07/13/0216 Why is nonviolent protest on the rise? http://www.diplomaticourier.com/2016/06/28/nonviolent-resistance-rise/

07/08/2016 Dallas has a very professional police department. Minutes before the senseless shooting many of them where taking photos for fun and solidarity with the marchers they were protesting. Many of their best were protecting and getting along well with peaceful marchers when one very sick person shot officers and protesters. Don't let lone cowards or a few rouge cops let you lose sight of the progress we have made at reducing violence and improving relations. We have a long way to go but we have come a long way. If this doesn't ring true to you please choose which decade you would like to go back to and think through/research the reality of those times, especially levels of violence in all forms. Our hearts and best wishes go out to all those whom have lost a loved one to violence. http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/07/07/before-gunfire-dallas-officers-blm-protesters-were-posing-for-photos-together/H6IuZVB9uDUdTcGvDSfjdP/story.html?p1=Article_Trending_Most_Viewed

07/04/2016 A program that is succeeding in cutting crime committed by kids in Chicago. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chicago-becoming-a-man-program_us_576ee548e4b017b379f62a9f?section=

06/29/2016 Could you follow Ben Franklin's schedule for a day? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lMjLOoVMKc

06/28/2016 Faith community implements science based diet and achieves serious benefits http://www.danielplan.com/healthyhabits/shoppinglist/

06/25/2016 More decline in juvenile crime. http://jjie.org/ncjj-report-shows-juvenile-crime-keeps-falling-but-reasons-elusive/108398/

06/21/2016 ISIS is suffering a lopsided loss in Fallujah. https://www.yahoo.com/news/battle-fallujah-iraq-000000629.html

06/20/2016 Incarceration and violent crime rates both continue to decline. http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-06-20/criminal-justice/as-incarceration-rates-decline-so-does-crime/a52501-1

06/18/2016 Bringing online education to the Arab world. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/arab-countries-online-learning-by-maysa-jalbout-2016-06

06/15/2016 Iran said to be purchasing aircraft from Boeing. The best way to avoid a war is become a trading partner. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/world/middleeast/iran-boeing-deal.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

06/13/2016 Afghanistan veteran saves many at night club shooting. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/war-veteran-imran-yousef-saves-dozens-during-orlando-nightclub-shooting-omar-mateen/

06/11/0216 A novel and holistic approach to reducing opioid abuse in emergency rooms. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/health/pain-treatment-er-alternative-opioids.html?hpw&rref=health&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0

06/04/2016 On it's own Ethiopia is about to triple it's electric power generation with no carbon emissions. http://www.salini-impregilo.com/en/projects/in-progress/dams-hydroelectric-plants-hydraulic-works/grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-project.html

06/03/2016 Accepting and appreciating Atheists http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/opinions/atheists-reason-rally-jillette/index.html

06/02/2016 Can Trump's call to fear, moral narcissism and tribalism work? Probably not according to new analysis. EBO's guess is 100 years from now he will be a foot note/ mistake our young democracy learned from. Please do what you can to make this true. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/06/02/can-trump-ride-white-anger-into-the-white-house-a-new-analysis-suggests-its-a-fantasy/

06/01/2016 On unplugging and becoming a minimalist http://www.becomingminimalist.com/unplug-please/

05/27/2016 Despite the media hype police deaths at historic lows. https://www.aei.org/publication/is-there-really-a-war-on-cops-the-data-show-that-2015-will-likely-be-one-of-the-safest-years-in-history-for-police/

05/22/2016 The first ever Chair for Atheist Studies. http://www.centerforinquiry.net/newsroom/first_ever_atheist_studies_chair_endowed_at_university_of_miami/

05/22/2016 The remarkable transformation of Vietnam. http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/11/05/us-china-locked-in-contest-to-earn-vietnams-favor?int=a14709

05/18/2016 Chesapeake Bay's health improved in 2015 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160517141112.htm

05/17/2016 Fire deaths at all time low in Chicago. http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/tag/chciago-fire-deaths-decline/

05/10/2016 A physicist's secular search for meaning. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/godless-universe-a-physicist-searches-for-meaning-in-nature/

05/09/2016 Interesting article on using legal records to improve health care http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/better-health-care-from-old-malpractice-lawsuits/ar-BBsOPL7?li=BBnbfcN&ocid=UE03DHP

05/07/2016 President Obama strikes hopeful tone at Howard speech https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-obama-strikes-hopeful-tone-182240184.html

05/07/2016 The case for "Meternity" leaves http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/opinions/maternity-leave-america-schulte/index.html

05/04/2016 Historically black colleges welcome white people http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/28/news/economy/unstereotyped-white-historically-black-college/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool

04/29/2016 ISIS and the Loser Effect. http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2016/04/isis-and-loser-effect/127905/

04/27/2016 We can achieve a world without nuclear weapons. Many countries have given them up already. http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/09/opinions/world-without-nuclear-weapons-kishida/index.html

04/26/2016 Another decline in crime in New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buspirone

04/23/0216 150 countries sign climate change agreement http://www.newsweek.com/countries-sign-paris-climate-change-agreement-earth-day-451443

04/20/2016 Spy savior and nurse Harriet Tubman to be on $20 bill. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/us/women-currency-treasury-harriet-tubman.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

04/19/2016 Gap year before college may have lasting benefits. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/gap-year-may-have-benefits-long-after-college/?rref=health&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Health&pgtype=Blogs

04/15/2016 A small step forward for human and women's rights in Saudi Arabia. http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/14/middleeast/saudi-arabia-religious-police-powers/?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool

04/13/2016 A huge donation to advance the next generation of cancer treatments. http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-cancer-immunotherapy-research-silicon-valley-20160412-story.html

04/12/2016 How we can accelerate women's rights http://www.thenation.com/article/how-can-we-accelerate-the-progress-of-womens-rights-around-the-world/

04/09/2016 Removing the hijab and finding one's self. http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/06/opinions/shelbayah-removing-hijab/index.html

04/05/2016 Decline of crime and recidivism in Ireland http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cso-statistics-crime-and-rates-of-re-offending-decline-360415.html

04/04/2016 Diversity in Silicon Valley http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/04/technology/techies-helena-price/index.html?iid=A_T_News

04/03/2016 Senior Centers offer so much http://health.usnews.com/wellness/articles/2016-04-01/why-senior-centers-have-so-much-to-offer?int=98e708

04/02/2016 Another anthropological study finds our ancestors lived far more violently than we do. Pacifying the past (our history)is a common misconception. You are living in the most peaceful point in human history, by a lot. Appreciate it and do what you can to make our world more safe and civil https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/01/a-study-of-ancient-japanese-bones-might-challenge-our-ideas-about-human-nature/

03/26/2016 ISIS in retreat on multiple fronts. These psychopaths aren't ten feet tall. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/in-syria-and-iraq-the-islamic-state-is-in-retreat-on-multiple-fronts/2016/03/24/a0e33774-f101-11e5-a2a3-d4e9697917d1_story.html

03/23/2016 Japanese government has developed effective nutrition guidelines which work. http://news.yahoo.com/japanese-diet-linked-longer-life-174302972.html

03/22/2016 Why is there peace? A nice work from Steve Pinker. http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_is_there_peace

03/19/2016 A potential path to peace in Syria. Please remember Syria is the rare exception to the over all decline in violence. http://time.com/4258090/syrian-conflict-unity/

03/16/2016 A brief history of violence and its decline. https://www.edge.org/conversation/steven_pinker-a-history-of-violence-edge-master-class-2011

03/15/2016 ISIS leader dead. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/world/middleeast/omar-chechen-isis-killed-us-airstrike-syria.html?mabReward=A3&moduleDetail=recommendations-0&action=click&contentCollection=Health&region=Footer&module=WhatsNext&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&src=recg&pgtype=Blogs

03/05/2016 How the nuclear deal boosted moderates in Iran. http://news.yahoo.com/iran-turkey-aim-triple-trade-30-billion-110209680.html

03/04/2016 New Orleans murder rate hits 40 year low. http://www.npr.org/2015/08/11/431234794/new-orleans-overall-crime-rate-has-fallen-why-are-people-so-frustrated

03/03/2016 The decline of unintended pregnancies http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1506575#.Vtg8eGDJq1U.twitter

03/01/2016 Warren Buffet rebukes pessimists with fact and history. http://www.jsonline.com/business/buffett-offers-antidote-to-political-pessimism-b99678429z1-370513261.html

02/23/2016 Kenyans return to healthy eating. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/kenyans-reacquire-an-old-taste-eating-healthier/?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0

02/21/2016 Great new talk by Steve Pinker on the decline of violence and the Better Angels of Our Nature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqRopW81SN8

02/20/2016 Humanity is getting better in so many ways. Thanks for sharing this Nate! http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/15/is-humanity-getting-better/?_r=0

02/17/2016 The Donald's biggest enemy (other than himself) might be Google. http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/16/opinions/donald-trump-presidential-obeidallah/index.html

02/13/2016 The global rise of education. http://ourworldindata.org/data/education-knowledge/global-rise-of-education/

02/09/2016 Is it wise to wallow on violence. http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/08/wise-wallow-violence/yQJ20yXs7qGDl7S8t6wOkO/story.html

02/06/2016 ISIS taking huge losses and struggling on many fronts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/islamic-state-is-no-longer-so-formidable-on-the-battlefield/2016/02/06/26d6c8e4-c6a7-11e5-b933-31c93021392a_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-world%3Ahomepage%2Fcard

02/02/2016 What happens when a Blue Zone is brought to an American city? https://www.bluezones.com/2014/03/albert-lea-project-outcomes/

01/30/2016 New study finds path to getting off most fossil fuels not economically or technically as challenging as once thought. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160125114231.htm

01/30/2016 Cop responds to kids playing ball call with kindness and a through down dunk. http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/14231-cop-responds-to-noise-complaint-about-kids-playing-basketball-by-joining-their-game

01/27/2016 Swords to plowshares/pizzas in Ukraine. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/world/europe/ukrainian-war-veterans-trade-heat-of-battle-for-pizza-ovens.html?mabReward=A4&moduleDetail=recommendations-2&action=click&contentCollection=Health&region=Footer&module=WhatsNext&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&src=recg&pgtype=Blogs

01/27/2016 Improved relations and open borders in Sudan? http://news.yahoo.com/sudan-opens-border-south-sudan-first-time-since-214823709.html

01/22/2016 Secular and inclusive Iraqi special forces has scored some major victories and gaining influence. http://globalriskinsights.com/2016/01/can-ramadi-be-rebuilt/

01/20/2016 Why have we seen such a great decline in crime? http://www.scpr.org/news/2013/12/31/41291/five-explanations-for-the-great-crime-decline-in-l/

01/19/2016 Under growing stress ISIS decreases it's thugs salaries by half. http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/19/news/world/isis-salary-cuts/index.html

01/16/2016 Taiwan's first female president http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/taiwan-tsai-ing-wen-wins-presidential-election_569a4d2be4b0b4eb759e93ea

01/11/2016 Crime continues to decline in NYC at historic lows. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/nyregion/anxiety-aside-new-york-sees-drop-in-crime.html?_r=0

01/11/2016 ISIS leaders have awful short life expectancies. These guys are not ten feet tall. Their days are numbered. http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/09/middleeast/isis-commander-killed-iraq/index.html

01/08/2016 Can Ukraine be Europe's next success story? https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/chance-make-ukraine-europes-next-success-story?utm_campaign=osftwacct&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

01/06/2016 Tom Friedman talks a lot of sense about extremism http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/opinion/up-with-extremism.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=MostViewed&version=Full&src=mv&WT.nav=MostViewed

01/06/2016 Pioneering high school for kids who are LGBT https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/groundbreaking-high-school-for-lgbt-students-to-171414115.html

01/02/2016 The road to literacy goes through the laundry mat? A smart and effective program in South Africa. http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-families-throwing-load-laundry-picking-book-225604837.html

01/01/2016 Over the past decades all minority groups and most countries in developed world have seen a significant decline in death rates. http://www.pnas.org/content/112/49/15078.full

12/26/2015 Indian prime minister drops in on Pakistan leader's birthday party and granddaughters wedding and is received like an old friend http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-confirms-surprise-visit-indian-pm-091807818.html

12/26/2015 Kurdish forces score another victory against ISIS . http://news.yahoo.com/iraqi-kurdish-forces-anti-commando-raid-officials-190110020.html

12/25/2015 Great calendar of good things which happened every day in 2015. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/cover_story/2015/12/a_calendar_of_the_best_things_that_happened_during_2015.html

12/23/2015 Women units fighting ISIS are proving to be very effective. http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/12/17/the-women-warriors-giving-isis-nightmares/

12/23/2015 ISIS on a losing streak? http://finance.yahoo.com/news/obama-strategy-working-analysis-shows-203700746.html

12/21/2015 Norway's approach to preventing domestic violence in it's newest citizens may prove to be a model. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/world/europe/norway-offers-migrants-a-lesson-in-how-to-treat-women.html?mabReward=A3&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine&_r=0

12/19/2015 Traffic deaths down to lowest level since 1949 and we drive a lot more. http://thenationshealth.aphapublications.org/content/41/4/E17.full

12/13/2015 Hope in Yemen. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/16/opinion/the-urgent-need-for-peace-in-yemen.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-4&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article

12/12/2015 Canada's warm embrace of Syrian refugees. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/opinion/canadas-warm-embrace-of-refugees.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-1&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article

12/11/2015 Optimism for a climate deal. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/world/europe/optimism-for-climate-deal-amid-divisions-between-rich-and-poor-nations.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

12/09/2015 American Muslims raise funds for shooting victims families and offer swift and unqualified condemnation. http://news.yahoo.com/american-muslims-raise-over-120k-families-san-bernardino-164722677.html

12/07/2015 Report finds fewer uninsured people in minority communities. http://sacobserver.com/2015/04/report-reveals-fewer-minorities-are-uninsured/

12/03/2015 Heroic surgeon in Chicago sets up free clinic which ahs helped over a 100k people in need. http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/09/health/cnn-heroes-ivankovich/index.html

11/28/2015 Syrian Kurds declare women's equality as law as they continue to beat back ISIS. http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/17/opinion/ghitis-kurdish-womens-rights/index.html

11/28/2015 Life comes back to a Syrian town after ISIS ousted. http://news.yahoo.com/life-returns-syrian-town-ousted-045024798.html

11/27/2015 Israel opens it first embassy in gulf state. http://www.dw.com/en/israel-to-open-first-diplomatic-mission-in-abu-dhabi/a-18881089?maca=en-VAM-VT-WashPost-News-14283-xml-media

11/26/2015 Great work by David Brooks on Post Traumatic Flourishing in individuals and societies. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/opinion/tales-of-the-super-survivors.html

11/21/2015 A bi-partisan drive for clean energy in Iowa. They are well under way. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/21/opinion/iowas-climate-change-wisdom.html?hpw&rref=opinion&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

11/19/2015 Improving auto design continues to drive down traffic deaths. http://www.iihs.org/iihs/sr/statusreport/article/50/1/1

11/17/2015 taco Bell taking steps to improve nutrition and welfare. https://www.yahoo.com/food/taco-bell-to-switch-to-cage-free-eggs-after-2016-163544251.html

11/14/2015 California demonstrates reducing incarceration and crime not mutually exclusive. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/14/opinion/californias-prison-experiment.html?ref=opinion

11/13/2015 Two big loses for IS. Terrorist almost never get what they want and don't last for ever http://news.yahoo.com/kurdish-iraqis-set-enter-sinjar-islamic-state-074251179.html#

11/11/2015 Myanmar takes huge step forward to becoming a democracy. http://news.yahoo.com/myanmars-suu-kyi-vows-call-shots-election-landslide-043626963.html

11/10/2015 The Franklin Project's efforts to promote public services. http://www.franklinproject.org/theory_and_vision

11/07/2015 Great interview with Robert Wright on the evolution of god and human progress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JisN9t504IU

11/06/2015 The peaceful century. http://oneearthfuture.org/research/publications/century-peace-empirical-trends-peace-and-conflict

11/03/2015 Incredibly kind and smart 17 year old has collection of degrees flies planes and works at NASA. Kids now days. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/2-degrees-flies-planes-author-060949612.html

11/01/2015 The relationship between lead and crime may explain the decline in crime and how we may further reduce it. http://www.motherjones.com/print/208586

10/31/2015 What is behind the huge drop in global poverty. http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2013/11/whats-behind-the-stunning-decrease-in-global-poverty

10/27/2015 From a teen being bullied to a 17 year old CEO> http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/27/technology/validation-project-valerie-weisler/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool&iid=obnetwork

10/25/2015 A new glimmer of peace and compromise in the Middle East. http://news.yahoo.com/israel-lifts-muslim-age-limit-jerusalem-shrine-094707871.html#

10/21/2015 Conservative Supreme Court justice would be surprised if death penalty is abolished. Times are a changing. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/justice-wouldn-surprised-death-penalty-fell-article-1.2405429

10/20/2015 Gender equality promised by new Canadian leader. http://news.yahoo.com/trudeau-promises-equal-number-men-women-cabinet-224609194.html

10/18/2015 Top Al Qaeda leader dead. http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/18/middleeast/syria-khorasan-leader-killed/index.html

10/18/2015 Anti war protests in Moscow. http://uatoday.tv/news/russian-anti-war-protesters-slam-putin-s-war-in-syria-ukraine-515071.html

10/18/2015 Push for a civil and peaceful Ukraine. http://uatoday.tv/society/hundreds-march-for-peace-in-ukraine-497875.html

10/17/2015 Another set back for ISIS. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/17/world/middleeast/iraqi-forces-and-shiite-militias-retake-oil-refinery-from-isis.html?rref=world&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=World&pgtype=article

10/16/2015 Progress of Women across the world. An interesting and hopeful UN report. http://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2015/4/progress-of-the-worlds-women-2015

10/13/2015 Hope for Iran as many aspects of Iranian culture quietly becoming more open. Thanks for sharing Nate. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/world/cautiously-iranians-reclaim-public-spaces-and-liberties-long-suppressed.html?hpw&rref=world&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0

10/07/2015 Harvard debate team losses, gracefully, to Bard students in prison http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/07/living/harvard-debate-team-loses-to-prison-inmates-feat/index.html

10/07/2015 The case for compromise. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/opinion/the-case-for-compromise.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=opinion&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&pgtype=article&_r=0

10/04/2015 A little perspective from George Will on our place in the universe and efforts to understand it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-new-hope-in-space/2015/10/02/5c343cb2-6863-11e5-8325-a42b5a459b1e_story.html

10/03/2015 Jeffery Sachs on sustainable development and ending poverty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRhl40rXOgs

10/02/2015 Americans also eating less calories in general. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/upshot/americans-are-finally-eating-less.html

10/02/2015 Soda sales and child obesity in decline. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/upshot/soda-industry-struggles-as-consumer-tastes-change.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=MostPopularFB&version=Full&region=Marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article

09/30/2015 Recently freed journalist offers insights on free speech and the rule of law. http://www.democracynow.org/2015/9/28/journalism_is_not_a_crime_freed

09/29/2015 Acting like a czar may prove self limiting. An interesting work on Putin. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/czar-putin-syria-romanov-russian-takeover-213201

09/25/2015 Pope rallies against climate change. http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/pope-francis-issues-radical-call-climate-change-action

09/23/2015 Break through in Colombian peace talks http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/09/23/colombias-president-traveling-to-cuba-to-promote-peace?int=a14709&int=a21a09&int=a15909

09/23/2015 Washington Post reported travels to place he named worst place to live in America.. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/03/i-called-this-place-americas-worst-place-to-live-then-i-went-there/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_1_na

09/20/2015 Child labor down school attendance up in Brazil http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/02/brazil-child-labour-success

09/19/2015 Firearms and the decline of violence in Europe. http://economics.wm.edu/wp/cwm_wp158.pdf

09/16/2015 Egyptian billionaire seeks to buy two islands and create refuge and opportunities for refugees. http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/16/news/egypt-billionaire-refugee-island/index.html

09/16/2015 Bright spots in Hispanic Education http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/list/hispanic-initiative/bright-spots.html?sorts%5Bstate%5D=-1

09/13/2015 Germans proving to be very generous. http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/13/europe/germany-refugees-shubert/index.html

09/12/1015 Airport used in the Berlin Airlift may play new humanitarian role. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/world/europe/berlin-tempelhof-airport-to-house-refugees.html?rref=homepage&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Home%20Page&pgtype=article

09/11/2015 Massive declines in violence in graph form from Steven Pinker. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2015/sep/11/graphic-evidence-steven-pinkers-optimism-on-trial?CMP=share_btn_tw

09/08/0215 Fire deaths in decline across the developed world. https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v12i8.pdf

09/05/2015 Angela Merkel on immigration, brave, decisive and right. http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21663228-refugees-germanys-chancellor-brave-decisive-and-right-merkel-bold?spc=scode&spv=xm&ah=9d7f7ab945510a56fa6d37c30b6f1709

09/05/2015 CVS no longer selling cigarettes may have reduced over all sales and consumption. So much of health is ecologically determined. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cvs-says-its-ban-on-cigarette-sales-has-reduced-smoking_55e85e67e4b0c818f61adf18?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living

09/03/2015 99 awesome photos of people engaging in acts of kindness. http://look.viralnova.com/acts-of-kindness-random/

08/30/2015 Rebuilding efforts in Mississippi town result in improved race relations. http://news.yahoo.com/katrina-anniversary-brings-tears-gratitude-to-tiny-mississippi-town-pummeled-by-the-eye-of-the-storm-234041445.html

08/29/2015 Hurricane Katrina refugees did spur economic growth and contrary to hype and stereotyping did not cause a increase in crime rates.

http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2015/08/28/katrina-grows-lafayette-population-crime/71351738/

08/26/2015 A thoughtful work on Jimmy Carter. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/opinion/jimmy-carters-unheralded-legacy.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&src=me&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Most%20Emailed&pgtype=article

08/25/2015 Disaster technology is saving lives. http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/24/us/robot-disaster-technology/index.html

08/22/2015 Great work on secular families and societies. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0115-zuckerman-secular-parenting-20150115-story.html

08/22/2015 Crime down in New Orleans' perceptions lag http://www.npr.org/2015/08/11/431234794/new-orleans-overall-crime-rate-has-fallen-why-are-people-so-frustrated

08/20/2015 Sensible gun laws now demonstrated to lower suicide rates. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/19/gun-laws-associated-with-lower-suicide-rates/?ribbon-ad-idx=16&rref=health&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Health&pgtype=article

08/18/2015 Chronicle of Philanthropy captures the generosity of many unknowns making a difference. . https://philanthropy.com/factfile/gifts_detail/1?GiftDonorJoin_a_DonorID=PGDON375&order=GiftValue&direction=asc

08/15/2015 99 year old former Japanese fighter pilot's call to maintain the peace and never forget the absurdity of war . http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/12/asia/japan-world-war-ii-zero-pilot/?iid=ob_article_footer_expansion&iref=obnetwork

08/14/2015 A beautiful work from Oliver Sacks on the purposeful life. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/opinion/sunday/oliver-sacks-sabbath.html?src=me&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Most%20Emailed&pgtype=Blogs

08/13/2015 Nice piece from Tom Friedman on Israeli POV of Iran deal. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/12/opinion/thomas-friedman-if-i-were-an-israeli-looking-at-the-iran-dealhtml.html?mabReward=A7&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine&_r=0

08/12/2015 Great review of Steve Pinker's Better Angels of Our Nature. http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/steven_pinkers_history_of_nonviolence

08/11/2015 How atheists find meaning and purpose in life. http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomchivers/when-i-was-a-child-i-spake-as-a-child?utm_term=.onzNEQnWY#.oyMl6kqQB

08/07/2015 Healing and growth in Ferguson. http://news.yahoo.com/michael-browns-death-ferguson-changed-052237990.html#

08/07/2015 Recess meets so many of kids core needs. The case for making it mandatory. https://www.noodle.com/articles/recess-should-we-give-kids-a-break

08/05/2015 Sane and refreshing analysis on drug dangers from DEA chief http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dea-chief-marijuana-heroin-danger_55c25079e4b0f7f0bebb4ef5

08/04/2015 Learning from a diverse group of cultures where people enjoy the food they eat and live long and healthy lives. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/fashion/dinner-with-blue-zones-solution-dan-buettner.html?mabReward=A5&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine

08/03/2015 Can America reduce carbon pollution and continue to prosper? http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2015/08/new_epa_plan_reduces_carbon_em.html

08/02/2015 Kids are being exposed to less violence http://time.com/79278/kids-these-days-are-exposed-to-less-violence/

08/01/2015 Some good news about race and violence in America. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/black-america-2013_n_3639934.html

07/31/2015 Women's voices are diverse and discrimination based on sound or speech patterns is unacceptable. https://debuk.wordpress.com/2015/07/26/a-response-to-naomi-wolf/

07/29/2015 Former ISIS fighter defects imposes some transparency-reasons to not join. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/former-isis-fighter-explains-why-145233887.html

07/28/2015 A brave idea from a Palestinian professor. A field trip to Auschwitz. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/27/should-palestinians-visit-nazi-concentration-camps.html

07/27/2015 New bipartisan support to reduce incarceration. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/29/us/push-to-scale-back-sentencing-laws-gains-momentum.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

07/21/2015 John McCain optimistic for the future because "kids today are more patriotic" https://www.yahoo.com/politics/john-mccain-on-kids-today-you-go-guys-124681450871.html

07/19/2015 Rising life expectancies present new and solvable challenges. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/17/upshot/lives-grow-longer-and-health-cares-challenges-change.html?rref=upshot&abt=0002&abg=1

07/18/2015 President Obama's long game http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/07/barack-obamas-long-game-120259.html#.VaqrhnYo7cc

07/14/2015 Cautious optimism as Iran and the major powers reach agreement. https://www.yahoo.com/politics/iran-nuclear-deal-u-s-world-leaders-react-on-124067064471.html

07/12/2015 The rate of uninsured people continues to decline. Thank you Mr. President http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/10/uninsured-rate-drop_n_7773092.html?ir=Politics

07/11/2015 Special Olympics begin http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-athletes-flame-special-olympics-20150710-story.html

07/09/2015 Congress women whom is a descendent of Jefferson Davis give a brilliant, tearful and effective speech urging taking down the flag of bigotry and treason. http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/09/us/south-carolina-jenny-horne-speech/index.html

07/08/2015 Can America and Iran get past Vitriol to a deal? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/09/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-talks-anti-american-sentiments-hard-liners.html?rref=homepage&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Home%20Page&pgtype=article

07/07/2015 Warren Buffett gives away 2.8 billion to effective charities. http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/06/news/warren-buffett-charity/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_money_pool&iid=obnetwork

07/05/2015 An interesting piece on paying people to be healthy. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/07/upshot/paying-people-to-be-healthy-usually-works-if-the-public-can-stomach-it.html?hpw&rref=upshot&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1

07/04/2015 Democracy and human progress. The American experiment is now global . Happy 4th of July http://www.brookings.edu/research/articles/2013/12/democratic-development-five-countries-piccone-miller

07/02/2015 BP pays 18 billion dollars to gulf states to be spent smartly . http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/02/politics/historic-settlement-reached-for-bp-oil-spill/index.html

07/01/2015 The decline of homophobia http://www.economist.com/node/21548961

06/30/2015 Chicago cop caught on camera goes viral. https://screen.yahoo.com/officer-speaks-video-chicago-cops-033600878.html

06/30/2015 Terrorists attack resulted in a dramatic decline in anti-Semitism in Europe. This jibes with research showing terrorism rarely if ever works http://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-adl-poll-finds-dramatic-decline-in-anti-semitic-attitudes-in-france-significant-drops-in-germany-and-belgium-2015-06-30

06/25/2015 The confederate flag must come down. Ken Burns makes the case. http://www.vox.com/2015/6/25/8846879/ken-burns-civil-war

06/20/2015 African Methodist Episcopal Church's response to recent shooting. Inclusion, forgiveness and unconditional love. http://abcnews.go.com/US/pastors-approaching-sunday-services-charleston-shooting/story?id=31902157

06/18/2015 Rampage killings actually on the decline in the US. Our thoughts and best wishes go out to the victims and families of the senseless killing in Charleston. The killer has been caught. He is clearly a member of a sad, pathetic and declining group of mass-killers. http://www.torontosun.com/2013/09/16/mass-shootings-actually-in-decline-in-us-despite-perception

06/14/2015 LA's ambitious plan to house all homeless veterans. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/las-ambitious-plan-house-every-homeless-veteran/

06/13/2015 University of Wisconsin receives fifty million dollar donation. http://www.jsonline.com/newswatch/307156001.html

06/11/2015 An interesting article on the decline of crime and incarceration. http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/the-many-causes-of-americas-decline-in-crime/385364/

06/09/2015 All but one group of Americans found to be increasingly more OK with homosexuality http://finance.yahoo.com/news/only-one-group-americans-become-224300984.html

06/08/2015 Hope for peace in Turkey. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/06/08/turkey-election-kurds-erdogan/28706743/

06/03/2015 The case for ending the death penalty. http://time.com/3899468/why-the-death-penalty-should-die/

06/02/2015 Reigning in state surveillance? At least we are having the debate. Thank you Edward Snowden. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/us/politics/senate-surveillance-bill-passes-hurdle-but-showdown-looms.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

05/30/2015 The Blue Zone study offers great insights into living a long healthy life. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/04/11/398325030/eating-to-break-100-longevity-diet-tips-from-the-blue-zones

05/27/2015 Nebraska become the first conservative state to abolish the death penalty http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/27/politics/nebraska-outlaw-death-penalty/index.html

05/26/2015 Great work using food waste smartly. http://my.chicagobotanic.org/infographics/recycle-food-waste/?utm_source=Native&utm_medium=Outbrain&utm_campaign=CBG_WED_Outbrain

05/25/2015 An interesting article on race. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/01/chris-rock-is-right-white-americans-are-a-lot-less-racist-than-they-used-to-be/

05/23/2015 Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. A couple whom escaped the Nazi's wills entire estate to The United States of America a country that did a lot for them. https://gma.yahoo.com/seattle-immigrant-couple-leaves-nearly-1-million-estate-195911232--abc-news-money.html

05/21/0215 Mental health safe houses run by people whom have recovered from mental illness hold huge promise in improving care and reducing costs.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/21/health/mental-safe-house/index.html

05/19/2015 The fittest cities in the US and what we can learn from them http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/19/health/fit-city/index.html

05/18/2015 Grocery chain succeeds in lower income communities http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/15/browns-super-stores-food-deserts_n_7292386.html?ir=Business

05/17/2015 Native American Museum will be built http://finance.yahoo.com/news/house-speaker-unveils-plan-complete-234313643.html

05/13/2015 Building a future for kids who have suffered and participated in war. http://www.rescue.org/program/building-future-former-child-soldiers-programs-glance

05/12/2015 John McCain's quiet fight to fight torture. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/12/cia-torture-congress_n_7267386.html

05/08/2015 Liberia is now free of Ebola. A couple of generations ago we would have no idea what Ebola was or what to do. Never underestimate science and the human spirit. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/09/world/africa/liberia-ravaged-by-ebola-faces-a-future-without-it.html?hpw&rref=health&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

05/05/2015 Mini homes for the homeless https://gma.yahoo.com/california-man-selflessly-builds-miniature-house-homeless-woman-212805410--abc-news-lifestyle.html

05/02/2015 Nigerian army has series of victories over Islamic radicals resulting in 300 women and children being freed. http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-military-releases-photos-rescued-females-144516950.html

05/02/2015 Study finds sharp drop in sexual assaults in the military http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/01/politics/military-sexual-assault-report/index.html

04/30/2015 Hillary Clinton focuses on "Evidence Based Optimism" . We like her lingo. http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-focuses-on-the-policy-not-the-personal-1412004597

04/29/2015 Bill Gates on how you can help save 34 million lives. http://qz.com/393441/bill-gates-you-can-help-the-world-save-34-million-lives/

04/28/2015 Cautious optimism for marriage equality in our life times (any polling of the kids of today shows we have every reason to be optimistic for the generations that will follow). http://theweek.com/articles/534342/supreme-court-takes-gay-marriage-how-each-justice-probably-vote

04/25/2015 Fascinating story of Native American general in the civil war. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/25/ely-parker-the-civil-war-s-native-american-general.html

04/21/2015 How Cambodia is healing from genocide another nation joins the modern and much more peaceful world http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/16/asia/cambodia-khmer-rouge-anniversary/index.html

04/19/2015 More progress for America's best friends in Iraq http://news.yahoo.com/iraqi-kurdish-forces-widen-buffer-around-oil-rich-203138918.html

04/17/2015 The last of Saddam's henchmen is dead as ISIS continues to lose ground in Iraq http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32349384

04/16/2015 A case study in police effectively helping people coping with homelessness. https://gma.yahoo.com/homeless-man-florida-discovers-forgotten-bank-account-collecting-215310136.html

04/12/2015 Bye Bye Great Satan hope for peace with Iran. http://time.com/author/joe-klein/

04/12/2015 Our World in Data the dramatic rise of health and life expectancy across the globe. We have never been healthier. Thanks for sharing Nate. http://ourworldindata.org/VisualHistoryOf/Health.html#/title-slide

04/11/2015 More on the decline of violence in Africa. http://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2013/03/07/the-decline-of-violence-in-africa/

04/07/2015 Our history is replete with rarities which become healthy norms. The Let Girls Learn initiative. https://www.whitehouse.gov/letgirlslearn

04/06/2015 Young man from Long Island accepted into all Ivy League colleges. https://gma.yahoo.com/long-island-high-schooler-accepted-8-ivy-league-002836325--abc-news-topstories.html

04/04/2015 Doctor saves premature baby who grows up to paramedic who saves him. https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/doctor-saves-babys-life-30-years-later-the-115315203962.html

04/03/2015 Great talk from Steven Pinker at Nobel Peace Prize Forum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dFybumsah8

03/29/2015 A healing fire in North Ireland. Remember when the conflict there seemed perpetual? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/28/world/europe/using-flames-to-soothe-a-northern-ireland-city-scarred-by-fire.html

03/29/2015 Thousands marching in Tunisia against terror http://news.yahoo.com/9-killed-tunisian-anti-terrorism-operations-090315395.html

03/25/2015 The steady decline of nuclear weapons. More countries have given up nukes than obtained them since the 1990s. http://www.ploughshares.org/issues-analysis/article/steady-decline-global-nuclear-stockpiles

03/24/2015 Steven Pinker's rebuttal of John Gray's data free pessimism on violence . Violence has gone down dramatically to deny the progress if flat earth wrong http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/13/john-gray-steven-pinker-wrong-violence-war-declining

03/21/2015 ISIS may be fraying from with in https://gma.yahoo.com/woman-speaks-first-time-wishes-mom-happy-mothers-205029305--abc-news-MothersDay.html

03/17/2015 High School dropout creates billion dollar cell phone business https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/high-school-dropout-built-1-120000156.html

03/14/2015 Steven Pinker on human progress. http://boston.forward.com/articles/186919/a-jewish-atheist-asks-is-there-moral-progress/#.VQSUJ7p5WDY.twitter

03/11/2015 David Brooks on the need for unifying norms. He misses lots of progress across the board but makes a number of interesting/useful points. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/opinion/david-brooks-the-cost-of-relativism.html?rref=opinion&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&pgtype=article

03/08/2015 Online tributes kick off International Women's Day. http://news.yahoo.com/international-womens-day-tributes-dear-me-not-there-210857699.html

03/07/2015 It is OK to be a selfish parent https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/why-its-ok-to-be-a-selfish-parent-sometimes-111893581173.html

03/06/2015 Celebrating 50 years of diversity progress at NASA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQLPwbcc6XY

03/01/2015 Putin and his corrupt syndicate will not live for ever, Boris Nemtsov's vision may. http://news.yahoo.com/russians-march-memory-murdered-critic-putin-101910307.html

02/27/2015 Great progress made in increasing literacy in India http://www.indiaonlinepages.com/population/literacy-rate-in-india.html

02/25/2015 The National Institute on Aging on the remarkable rise in life expectancy. http://www.nia.nih.gov/research/publication/global-health-and-aging/living-longer

02/23/2015 The data on young black men in America is very positive. Facts over media hype = less stereotypes http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/02/22/the-positive-numbers-about-black-men/0TcPR1Hhn8Yf0yuVoWZxfJ/story.html?event=event25

02/23/2015 Can Islamic countries strive toward more humane and productive ends? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/20/opinion/david-brooks-the-nationalist-solution.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&region=Marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article&_r=0

02/20/2015 ISIS is far from invincible http://www.vox.com/2015/1/20/7861999/obama-isis-sotu

02/16/2015 Model program from an upstart Jewish charity aims to ensure support for people coping with being hospitalized from their spiritual community. Thanks for sharing this Julie. http://www.jewishchronicle.org/article.php?article_id=15484

02/15/2015 Lebron James goes on acts of kindness rampage. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/lebron-reflects-life-legacy-star-game-233915949--spt.html

02/14/2015 Seat belt use continues to rise saving more lives. Side effect of Flynn Effect (rise in IQ ) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/27/AR2010092706610.html

02/12/2015 New York goes 10 days without a single homicide. Use to average over 20 a week. http://news.yahoo.com/york-city-sets-record-no-murders-10-days-143925525.html

02/10/2015 Conservatives and liberals working together to reduce rates of incarceration. The ongoing decline in crime provides a supportive climate towards that end. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/09/koch-brothers_n_6646540.html

02/09/2015 On the decline of crime in New York. http://www.city-journal.org/2014/eon1210hm.html

02/08/2015 Young adults making sound financial choices for the long run? http://snip.ly/EtBJ#http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-hanft/the-stunning-evolution-of_b_6108412.html

02/06/2015 ISIS is losing ... http://www.vox.com/2015/1/20/7861999/obama-isis-sotu

02/04/2015 Vermont man lives modestly donates millions to local hospital and library. A life well lived. http://news.yahoo.com/man-lived-modestly-leaves-millions-surprise-donations-135358404.html

02/01/2015 Dancing in Kobani another set back for ISIS http://news.yahoo.com/kurds-isis-victory-dance-video-170028740.html

01/29/2015 The Gates 2015 Note a compelling case for a better future. http://www.gatesnotes.com/

01/28/2015 Post the end of stop and frisk crime continues to decline. Can NYC / police community relations heal? http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/01/can-brattons-new-plans-heal-nycs-wounds.html

01/27/2015 56% of republicans found to support regulating climate change some of their leaders are listening (Koch Brothers predictably against this). An interesting point in article, Rick Perry claims Texas has cut green house gas admissions. http://news.yahoo.com/climate-change-not-scientist-not-enough-u-republicans-061051600.html

01/26/2015 Save The Children brings a heroic and evidence-based approach to improving women's rights and healt in Egypt. Thanks for sharing the Nate! http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/in-egypt-sowing-the-seeds-of-gender-equality/?module=BlogPost-ReadMore&version=Blog&_r=0

01/26/2015 Africa's quiet solar revolution http://news.yahoo.com/africas-quiet-solar-revolution-212932127.html

01/19/2015 Ten timeless Martin Luther King quotes http://news.yahoo.com/10-famous-quotes-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-155425828.html

01/19/2015 Good science on reducing crime, bit of caution on interrupting , crime declining pretty much everywhere in America many factors probably involved.... Victory knows a thousand fathers (Churchill) http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/making-sure-crime-prevention-pays/?smid=tw-share&_r=2

01/16/2015 Study finds decline in online bullying http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131024143323.htm

01/15/2015 Democracy is on a winning streak. Thanks for sharing Nate! http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/world/asia/groundswell-chooses-democracy-in-sri-lanka.html?_r=0

01/12/2015 Joint Chief says it is time to close Gitmo. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/11/martin-dempsey-guantanamo_n_6451668.html?ir=Politics

01/11/2015 Millions rally against terrorism Vive la France http://news.yahoo.com/world-leaders-join-paris-march-millions-attack-victims-053608792.html

01/10/2015 Research shows terrorism almost never works... ineffective cowards https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/07/why_terrorism_d.html

01/08/2015 The continuing decline of homicide in New Orleans http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/01/2013_new_orleans_murder_rate_d.html

01/04/2015 Is politically correct language effective in reducing racial stereotypes? Probably so says an intriguing and well designed study. http://www.vox.com/2015/1/2/7480843/study-african-american-black

01/03/2015 Cancer deaths decline over 20% we can do more don't smoke, eat healthy get appropriate screenings. http://www.inquisitr.com/1724022/u-s-cancer-death-rates-decline-by-22-percent/

12/29/2014 Dispelling a myth there are more Black Men in college than incarcerated the trend continues to grow http://www.npr.org/2013/04/23/178601467/are-there-really-more-black-men-in-prison-than-college

12/28/2014 Haiti making great strides. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/25/opinion/nicholas-kristof-scrooges-of-the-world-begone.html

12/26/2014 The bilingual Canadian society an intriguing article. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/26/opinion/bilingual-nationhood-canadian-style.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region&region=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region&_r=0

12/25/2014 Conquest is for losers. Peace on earth is rising , Merry Christmas. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/opinion/paul-krugman-putin-neocons-and-the-great-illusion.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region&region=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region

12/20/2014 Beginning of the end for ISIS? http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/20/iraqi-kurds-get-their-groove-back-end-siege-of-mount-sinjar.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29

12/18/2014 9 year-olds very thoughtful note to teacher. https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/9-year-old-girl-writes-sweetest-letter-to-gay-105531635902.html

12/16/2014 Catrenia's Club doing great work feed and house children in need. http://www.thecaterinasclub.org/caterinas-kids.html

12/15/2014 A step forward in fighting climate change. http://news.yahoo.com/un-climate-talks-peru-seem-headed-overtime-220749283.html

12/13/2014 Winning the fight for women's rights in Afghanistan http://www.womenforafghanwomen.org/

12/12/2014 14 biggest social/health/economic trends in lots of (but not all) good news, thanks Nate for sharing. http://www.one.org/us/2014/12/11/14-of-the-most-important-global-development-moments-of-2014-as-told-in-charts/

12/10/2014 Billion dollar boost for early education with 55 million kicker from Disney. https://gma.yahoo.com/obama-unveils-1b-boost-preschools-including-55-million-115621955--abc-news-topstories.html

12/08/2014 ISIS struggles http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/middle-east-updates/1.630543

12/07/2014 Rising economy and declining deficits may result in more bi-partisan cooperation . http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/06/business/economy/brighter-economy-raises-odds-of-action-in-congress.html?ribbon-ad-idx=4&rref=business/economy&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Economy&pgtype=article

12/04/2014 Has the world ever been better off than right now? http://time.com/3607714/world-never-been-better/

12/01/2014 Smoking hits all time low. http://www.gallup.com/poll/156833/one-five-adults-smoke-tied-time-low.aspx

11/30/2014 Couple gives 100k away to honor daughter. https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/dad-gives-away-100-000-to-deserving-family-103519397952.html

11/29/2014 More clergy sending persons coping with mental illness to secular clinicians. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/29/health/more-pastors-embrace-talk-of-mental-ills.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

11/24/2014 Moving past the war on drugs. http://www.ted.com/talks/ethan_nadelmann_why_we_need_to_end_the_war_on_drugs

11/23/2014 What if all police wore cameras? http://news.yahoo.com/cops-wore-cameras-california-towns-success-echoes-ferguson-121502335.html

11/19/2014 Barbie becomes a better role model https://www.yahoo.com/style/normal-barbie-will-have-acne-cellulite-and-stretch-103049254128.html

11/16/2014 Racism declining in America? http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/yes-racism-waning-article-1.1209696

11/15/2014 Positive diplomatic development between Afghanistan and Pakistan. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/world/asia/new-afghan-leaders-visit-leaves-pakistanis-optimistic-about-ties.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

11/13/2014 Barber gives free haircuts to vets. http://www.wfsb.com/story/27355829/rocky-hill-barber-to-give-veterans-free-haircuts?hpt=us_bn7

11/12/2014 106 former Israeli ex-generals and spies offer a thoughtful and compelling push for peace. http://blogs.forward.com/jj-goldberg/208359/-idf-ex-generals-spy-chiefs-urge-new-peace-bid/

11/09/2014 More progress in controlling Ebola. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49290#.VGABwJUtDmI

11/08/2014 Paying it forward. https://gma.yahoo.com/nurse-unwittingly-starts-46-table-pay-forward-chain-203941605--abc-news-personal-finance.html

11/07/2014 The Bard Prison Initiative. http://bpi.bard.edu/

11/05/2014 Encouraging a new type of mass consumption, abandoned Walmart turned into award winning library. Thanks for sharing Nate!

http://www.viralnova.com/walmart-turned-library/

11/04/2014 Women taking the lead in Libya. http://lwpp.org/

11/02/2014 Building smarter and greener buildings for our elders. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/opinion/sunday/new-buildings-for-older-people.html?rref=opinion&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&pgtype=article

10/31/2014 Ukraine and Russia reach agreement on natural gas exports. http://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-russia-gas-talks-deadlocked-092112678.html

10/28/2014 Science doesn't support hype and alarmism driving the war on drugs. http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/winter12/features6

10/25/2014 ISIS goes on a losing streak. http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/25/world/meast/isis-threat/index.html

10/23/2014 The buzz on the continue decline of crime in Denver may have nothing to do with the buzz you can buy in Denver. https://news.vice.com/article/denvers-crime-drop-might-have-nothing-to-do-with-marijuana-legalization

10/19/2014 Nigeria is almost certainly free from Ebola. http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-expected-declared-ebola-free-105726358.html

10/18/2014 Strengthening democracy in Kenya. http://www.oslocenter.no/en/projects/democracy-support-in-kenya/

10/14/2014 Mark Zuckerberg donates 25 million dollars to fight Ebola.

http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-on-why-he-donated-25-million-to-fight-ebola-2014-10

10/13/2014 The continued decline of traffic deaths, it hasn't gone to zero, please be careful out there . http://thenationshealth.aphapublications.org/content/41/4/E17.full

10/12/2014 We can and should further increase teen seat belt use. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23764879

10/11/2014 Is the Iraqi army staging a comeback versus ISIL? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29573862

10/11/2014 The catholic church becomes bit less homophobic another sign of secular reason's growing influence. . http://news.yahoo.com/gay-rights-groups-hail-catholic-tone-062457302.html

10/10/2014 There are a lot of good writers and folks who could be good writers out there. A great short interview with Steven Pinker on writing well. http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2014/10/steven-pinker-bad-and-good-writing?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/why_believe_the_sticklers_

10/05/2014 A family meal a day may help prevent obesity. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141003135258.htm

10/03/2014 Nigeria's health care system appears to be doing well at containing Ebola well. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/health/ebola-outbreak-in-nigeria-appears-to-be-over.html

10/03/2014 Gates foundations has now spent 2 billion dollars to improve agriculture and its helping. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2012/02/Helping-Poor-Farmers-Changes-Needed-to-Feed-1-Billion-Hungry

09/30/2014 Demanding a free and open society in Hong Kong. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/30/protest-leaders-hong-kong-government-no-compromise

09/28/2014 A roadmap to responsible global citizenship. http://knopfdoubleday.com/book/225292/a-path-appears/9780385349918/

09/28/2014 We can and should further reduce gun deaths. http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/charles-wheelan/2014/04/29/three-common-sense-ways-to-reduce-gun-deaths

09/27/2014 Israel and Hamas agree to negotiate as cease fire holds. http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Israel-Hamas-to-resume-cease-fire-talks-in-Egypt-next-month-376233

09/24/2014 From prison to work a success story. http://news.yahoo.com/katie-couric-interviews-nicholas-kristof-and-sheryl-wudunn-212259011.html

09/22/2014 Great talk on human progress, thanks for sharing Nate. http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_and_ola_rosling_how_not_to_be_ignorant_about_the_world/transcript?language=en

09/21/2014 Hope for Afghanistan as it names a new president. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140917073300.htm

09/21/2014 A first for African American women in the Army. http://jobs.nationalguard.com/ngb/blog/female-firsts-african-american-soldier-promoted-to-command-sergeant-major/?utm_source=OutBrain&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=OutBrain

09/20/2014 Expert panel concludes global violence could be halved in 30 years. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/global-violence-rates-could-be-halved-in-just-30-years-say-leading-experts

09/16/2014 ISIS's glass jaw. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/30/on-the-ground-collaborators-with-isis-could-be-its-big-weakness.html

09/15/2014 Global literacy rates are on the rise http://www.uis.unesco.org/literacy/Pages/data-release-map-2013.aspx

09/14/2014 The continued decline of violence at home and abroad, great piece from Steven Pinker. http://stevenpinker.com/files/pinker/files/has_the_decline_of_violence_reversed_since_the_better_angels_of_our_nature_was_written_0.pdf

09/12/2014 America's youth and disaster response and intriguing article on AmeriCorps. http://www.thenation.com/article/176352/young-low-wage-temporary-disaster-relief-army

09/09/2014 Truce holding in Ukraine. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-09/10/c_126968253.htm

09/06/2014 Truce in Ukraine? http://online.wsj.com/articles/russia-ukraine-and-rebels-meeting-in-minsk-for-talks-on-cease-fire-1409913376

09/02/2014 Where have all the burglars gone? http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21582041-rich-world-seeing-less-and-less-crime-even-face-high-unemployment-and-economic

09/01/2014 New paths to improving workers conditions? http://www.forbes.com/sites/modeledbehavior/2012/07/07/how-to-improve-working-conditions/

08/31/2014 ISIS suffers another set backs at hands of Iraq Army. http://news.yahoo.com/iraqi-forces-break-jihadist-siege-amerli-officials-101200936.html

08/30/2014 Nurse whom cared for Boston bombing survivor finds love. https://gma.yahoo.com/boston-marathon-bombing-survivor-james-costello-weds-nurse-161201301.html

08/25/2014 Reforming the failed war on drugs. http://www.georgesoros.com/articles-essays/entry/a_futile_war_on_drugs_that_wastes_money_and_wrecks_lives/

08/25/2014 Journalist freed in Syria. http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/us-journalist-freed-in-syria-110295.html

08/24/2014 An interesting and hopeful rise of feminism and gender history studies in Russia. We are inundated with news of Putin turning Russia into a more closed pseudo-theocratic society. I agree with Dan Healy's comment in the end " an expanding realm of ideas may not be so easy to suppress". In Russia, open society most likely will prevail in the long run. Thanks for sharing Nate.

http://unireadinghistory.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/gender-history-is-thriving-in-russia/

08/21/2014 Cooler heads in Ferguson. https://news.yahoo.com/volunteers-buffer-between-police-protesters-055923336.html

08/20/2014 Massive aid effort underway for victims of ISIS . http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/20/world/meast/iraq-crisis/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

08/19/2014 Chemical weapons have been removed and destroyed from Syria. http://news.yahoo.com/watchdog-syrias-chemical-weapons-destroyed-124528829.html

08/16/2014 Successful and simple public health effort has saved millions of children and offer model for saving many more, thanks for sharing Nate. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/the-power-and-process-of-a-simple-solution/?_php=true&_type=blogs&hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region&region=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region&_r=0

08/16/2014 More on the very long decline of crime . http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21582041-rich-world-seeing-less-and-less-crime-even-face-high-unemployment-and-economic?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/where_have_all_the_burglars_gone_

08/14/2014 Another random act of kindness going viral. https://gma.yahoo.com/grocery-store-employee-small-act-kindness-goes-viral-195135686--abc-news-topstories.html

08/12/2014 A great case study in overcoming obesity. http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/11/health/irpt-weight-loss-kathleen-riser/index.html?hpt=he_c2

08/10/2014 Record number of female CEOs. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2011/10/record-number-of-fortune-500-women-ceos/

08/09/2014 Higher education in Rwanda. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_University_of_Rwanda

08/07/2014 Massachusetts town has outpouring of support for immigrant kids. http://news.yahoo.com/one-city-welcoming-hundreds-migrant-children-open-arms-155250362.html

08/05/2014 A bit of hope and quiet in Gaza. http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/08/another-truce-lingers-as-israel-destroys-all-known-tunnels-in-gaza/375555/

08/03/2014 More girls than ever finishing school in India. http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/dropout-rate-of-girls-has-decreased-minister-114072300990_1.html

07/31/2014 Huge public health achievement, getting little headlines. http://www.vox.com/2014/7/22/5912139/guinea-worm-is-almost-eradicated-in-one-of-the-biggest-public-health

07/30/2014 Peace in Cyprus a nice short UN video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLSgoM-jJ90

07/29/2014 Russia now facing tougher sanctions from European Union. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/europe-agrees-on-tough-new-sanctions-against-russia-diplomats-say/

07/28/2014 Some very encouraging news on rising literacy rates across the world, another example supporting the good old days are more myth than history. http://www.uis.unesco.org/literacy/Pages/data-release-map-2013.aspx

07/25/2014 The better angels of Canadians nature, the continued decline of crime in Canada. Originally posted on Steven Pinker's excellent bog. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/140723/dq140723b-eng.htm?HPA

07/22/2014 More kids graduating high school. http://educationnext.org/graduations-on-the-rise/

07/21/2014 Nations that do fine without militaries. http://www.ozy.com/acumen/nations-that-survive-without-militaries/32100.article?utm_source=C1&utm_medium=pp&utm_campaign=pp&hpt=hp_bn17

07/20/2014 The dramatic decline in teen pregnancy rates. http://www.healthyteennetwork.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B53D258BF-8C5A-407A-B036-153E8C00FAFF%7D&DE=%7BF93B89FC-2EFB-4BDB-B40F-28619CDB4ACE%7D

07/19/2014 Yale study on the decline of crime in Chicago . http://www.papachristos.org/Welcome_files/48yearsOfcrime_final_ISPSWorkingPaper023.pdf

07/16/2014 The River of Myths great data - driven talk on the dramatic progress in children's health and social progress we have achieved but rarely see. Thanks Nate for sharing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYpX4l2UeZg

07/15/2014 The continued decline of crime in Denver. http://www.allgov.com/news/unusual-news/violent-crime-down-since-colorado-legalized-marijuana-140610?news=853366

07/14/2014 Walmart gives over a billion dollars a year to charity. http://news.walmart.com/news-archive/2013/04/22/walmart-giving-in-last-fiscal-year-exceeds-1-billion-for-the-first-time

07/13/2014 Success stories in the women's rights movement in Southern Africa. http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/building-women-s-movement-southern-africa

07/09/2014 Another intriguing article on the potential of Iraq splitting up. http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/07/world/meast/iraq-division-lister/

07/09/2014 Are there potential upside(s) to Iraq splitting up? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ayub-nuri/iraq-split-three-countries_b_5508207.html

07/08/2014 Our World in Data a compelling picture(s) of human progress. http://www.ourworldindata.org/

07/06/2014 Despite the hype and headlines the number of employers offering women free birth control is rising. http://news.yahoo.com/free-birth-control-emerging-standard-women-150621958--finance.html

07/05/2014 The sensible fight, which should not be needed and must be won. http://news.yahoo.com/michelle-obama-fights-gop-school-lunch-rules-072652126.html

07/04/2014 In 1900 ten countries were democracies now over 119 are. http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/62833/michael-mandelbaum/democracy-without-america

07/03/2014 On Optimism and peace a remarkable conversation between Charlie Rose and Shimon Perez (second half of video). http://charlierose.com/watch/60412776

06/29/2014 Elio motors promises extreme high mileage car for under 7k is on the horizon. http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/26/autos/elio-motors/index.html?hpt=hp_t4

06/28/2014 Afghan forces claim major victory over Taliban. http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-forces-claim-victory-major-taliban-battle-171418472.html

06/26/2014 Tensions and tolerance in Kirkuk http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-burns-tolerance-tensions-kurdish-kirkuk-172604888.html

06/24/2014 Putin renounces right to send Russian troops to Ukraine. http://news.yahoo.com/russias-putin-asks-upper-house-revoke-military-intervention-101449438.html

06/22/2014 A great commencement speech from Bill and Melinda Gates challenging grads to change the word via optimism and empathy. Thanks for sharing Nate, very uplifting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wug9n5Atk8c

06/19/2014 Many evidence-based approaches to reducing recidivism. http://www.correctionsone.com/re-entry-and-recidivism/articles/2030030-6-evidence-based-practices-proven-to-lower-recidivism/

06/18/2014 Women in Iran using social media to thwart religious dogma. http://live.wsj.com/video/on-facebook-iranian-women-defy-hijab-requirement/461F86BF-2251-4FD0-BDA2-3980D7770553.html?mod=trending_now_video_2#!461F86BF-2251-4FD0-BDA2-3980D7770553

06/16/2014 More kids engaged in urban farming/gardening. http://cityblossoms.org/

06/15/2014 Modern buildings much more protective during earthquakes. http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/earthquake-resistant-buildings.htm

06/13/2014 Chicago Homicide rate returns to 1958 level. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/01/chicago-homicide-rate-2014_n_5070438.html

06/08/2014 Rwanda has made dramatic gains in peace and prosperity. http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2014/0407/Rwanda-20-years-later-A-model-for-progress-and-reconciliation

06/07/2014 A thoughtful analysis of the recent prisoner swap and our national identity. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/opinion/brooks-president-obama-was-right.html?action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&region=Marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article&_r=0

06/05/2014 The truth about crime in Chicago. http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2014/Chicago-crime-rates/

06/01/2014 Progress on climate change? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/us/politics/obama-sets-the-stage-for-curbing-emissions.html?rref=homepage&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Home%20Page&pgtype=article&_r=0

05/26/2014 The decline of smoking. http://www.gallup.com/poll/156833/one-five-adults-smoke-tied-time-low.aspx

05/26/2014 New hope for improving India-Pakistan relationships. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/26/indian-and-pakistani-leaders-seek-to-end-their-cold-war-but-will-the-deep-state-allow-peace.html

05/25/2014 Young women shine at White House science fair. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/girls-stem-take-center-stage-white-house-science-fair/

05/24/2014 Childhood mortality continues to decline, thanks for sharing Nate. http://www.vox.com/2014/5/3/5675970/fewer-babies-are-dying-around-the-world-than-ever-before#b05g17t20w14

05/19/2014 You can click and contribute to good causes. http://thehungersite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/ths/thank-you

05/18/2014 Chicago continues to become more peaceful, crime and violence way down at decades long lows, gang violence down . http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/us/gang-related-shootings-decline-in-chicago.html?_r=0

05/17/2014 It continues to get safer to be a child in America. http://news.yahoo.com/idaho-just-hosted-the-best-political-debate-of-the-year-214051999.html

05/11/2014 Boy Scouts rescue wounded journalist. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/boy-scouts-rescue-ann-curry-after-tv-journalist-is-hurt-on-hiking-trail-211601184.html

05/10/2014 Project HOME http://www.projecthome.org/

05/08/2014 The long reach of reason and social progress. https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_and_rebecca_newberger_goldstein_the_long_reach_of_reason

05/07/2014 Remarkable 16 year old graduates high school and college at the same time. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/06/grace-bush-graduation_n_5276253.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

05/05/2014 The continued decline of car theft. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-19/u-s-car-thefts-decline-for-8th-year-on-security-gear.html

05/04/2014 The life and work of Randy Pausch lives on. http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/sites/2012/pausch/what_hes_done.html

05/03/2014 Study adds to evidence supporting children today to be safer than ever and flourishing. http://www.techtimes.com/articles/6370/20140501/safe-kids-today-study-safer-each-passing-year.htm

04/27/2014 A more sensible approach to non-violent crime. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-prepares-for-clemency-requests-from-thousands-of-inmates/2014/04/21/43237688-c964-11e3-a75e-463587891b57_story.html

04/26/2014 World class college courses are available on line for free. https://www.coursera.org/

04/20/2014 Amazing young Nobel laureate smarter and tougher than Taliban. http://www.upworthy.com/watch-this-incredible-young-woman-render-jon-stewart-speechless

04/19/2014 A lost piece of American Literary history rediscovered. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/19/books/all-gods-dangers-a-forgotten-autobiography.html?src=me&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Most%20Emailed&pgtype=article

04/14/2014 A new and welcome project answering E.O. Wilson's call for consilience. http://hieroglyph.asu.edu/

04/13/2014 A hopeful trend in US demographics. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-great-story-us-demographics-184427738.html

04/12/2014 Car thefts are remarkably uncommon in NYC, thanks for sharing this Nate. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/nyregion/for-car-thieves-the-older-and-heavier-the-ride-the-better.html

04/11/2014 A solutions based approach may be best approach to dealing with climate change. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/opinion/global-warming-scare-tactics.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

04/08/2014 A welcome first in British Irish relations. http://www.newsdaily.com/world/410fe2bc424120c85548b503f6cd65dd/britain-hosts-first-state-visit-of-irish-president

04/05/2014 Humanistic voices. http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2011/07/god-evidence-believe-world

04/01/2014 An amazing chart on the decline of violence (click on PDF button). http://www.hcss.nl/news/peace-and-conflict-across-time/837/

03/30/2014 The dramatic rise of literacy in Tanzania. http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1521/Tanzania-NONFORMAL-EDUCATION.html

03/27/2014 Rates of colon cancer and death from colon cancer both down. http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/17/colon-cancer-rates-down-since-1980s/?iref=obnetwork

03/24/2014 Data driven approach to conflict prevention? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/sunday-review/spreadsheets-and-global-mayhem.html?_r=1

03/23/2014 Sarajevo is a safe fun place to business. http://www.neverendingfootsteps.com/2012/10/25/war-and-peace-in-sarajevo/

03/22/2014 The Kalamazoo Promise making rewards kids finishing school with scholarships. https://www.kalamazoopromise.com/

03/17/2014 Paul Krugman on the politics of race. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/opinion/krugman-that-old-time-whistle.html?rref=opinion&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&pgtype=article&_r=0

03/16/2014 The remarkable rise of making democracy inclusive to women is not over, I really like how this piece concludes. http://www.catt.org/cclinks4-d.html

03/15/2014 The decline of cyber bullying. http://www.ksdk.com/story/homepage/2013/10/24/mtv-ap-cyber-bullying-sexting-study/3176453/

03/12/2014 The decline of bullying http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/CV280_Bullying%20&%20Peer%20Victimization%20Bulletin_1-23-13_with%20toby%20edits.pdf

03/11/2014 Steven Pinker on London Real great talk on science and the decline of violence. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv0Resywg48

03/10/2014 More success in the fight against lead poisoning. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-09-24/features/bs-gr-lead-report-20130924_1_rental-housing-poisoned-children-lead-based-paint

03/09/2014 A well reasoned and written piece on changing prisons. http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/the-power-of-bad-incentives

03/08/2014 A responsible stance from China on North Korea? http://news.yahoo.com/china-says-not-permit-chaos-war-korean-peninsula-032259434.html

03/02/2014 The most literate cities in the world. http://homes.yahoo.com/photos/the-most-literate-cities-in-the-nation-1393546302-slideshow/

03/01/2014 The end of the developing world? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/01/opinion/sunday/forget-developing-fat-nations-must-go-lean.html?rref=opinion&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&pgtype=article

02/26/2014 The Thriving Cities Project. http://www.iasc-culture.org/research_thriving_cities.php

02/24/2014 More proof the kids are alright. http://www.demos.co.uk/press_releases/demosfalsestereotypesofyoungpeopleholdingthembackfromgettingjobs

02/23/2014 Worlds worst drug dealer is done. http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/22/world/americas/mexico-cartel-chief-arrest/index.html

02/19/2014 Another drop in Puerto Rican crime rate. http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/01/11/puerto-rico-closed-2013-with-12-pct-drop-in-homicides/

02/17/2014 The Hamilton project. http://www.brookings.edu/about/projects/hamiltonproject

02/16/16/2014 The Open Society Institute's 60 million dollar effort in Baltimore. http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/offices-foundations/open-society-institute-baltimore

02/16/2014 Free online college is now accredited and offering education to underserved persons across the world, thanks for sharing Nate. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/14/education/free-online-university-receives-accreditation-in-time-for-graduating-class-of-7.html?_r=1

02/16/2014 Reducing crime by reducing incarceration. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/14/cole-and-mauer-reducing-crime-by-reducing-incarcer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Commentary-TheWashingtonTimesAmericasNewspaper+(Commentary+-+The+Washington+Times

02/15/2014 The good work of Optimists International. http://www.optimist.org/e/member/about1.cfm

02/09/2014 Iran may be continuing to budge. http://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-may-modify-arak-reactor-allay-nuclear-152332691.html

02/08/2014 Detroit is very much alive. http://news.yahoo.com/dave-jordano-detroit-photography-181115331.html

02/06/2014 Subway to remove suspect substance from bread. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/protesters-target-subway-chemical-sandwich-bread/story?id=22373414

02/03/2014 Death rates from terrorism in the US and Israel decline to well under 1 per one million. http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/terrorism/terror-rate.html

02/02/2014 Quiet time in the classroom promotes healthy child development. http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/

02/01/2014 An interesting piece on genetic testing and improving race relations. http://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/2012/09/12/using-dna-to-trace-michelle-obamas-past/?o_xid=54217&o_lid=54217&o_sch=Content+Marketing

02/01/2014 Detroit's declining homicide rate. http://www.freep.com/article/20131016/NEWS01/310160135/

01/26/2014 The myths of foreign aid. http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/01/25/the-myths-of-foreign-aid/?hpt=hp_t4

01/25/2014 Study suggests online bullying in decline. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131024143323.htm

01/21/2014 Respect for the past and hope for the future, the Cherokee Seed Project. http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2014/01/16/cherokee-seed-project/?hpt=hp_bn11

01/19/2014 The decline of drug related violence in Mexico. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324328204578573760968965312

01/18/2014 eating fish during pregnancy can be safe and beneficial. http://www.babycenter.com/0_eating-fish-during-pregnancy-how-to-avoid-mercury-and-still_10319861.bc

01/16/2014 Tobacco related fire deaths continue to decline. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-21/tobacco-related-u-s-fire-deaths-decline-to-second-lowest-level-since-1980.html

01/14/2014 Child abuse is on the decline...one child is too many. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/study-child-abuse-on-decline-in-us/

01/13/2014 After five days the W.VA water crisis is nearing it's end. http://news.yahoo.com/5-days-w-va-39-water-crisis-nears-090623762.html

01/12/2014 The folks at FOX news could not stop talking about crime in Chicago, until it fell to 40 year low....don't believe their hype. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-boehlert/why-fox-news-lost-interes_b_4555588.html

01/05/2014 Fifty years after the Surgeon General's warning smoking is at all time low. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/why-smoking-rates-are-at-new-lows/?_r=0

01/02/2014 All persons on stranded ship rescued. http://gma.yahoo.com/52-passengers-rescued-stranded-antarctic-ship-113106913--abc-news-topstories.html

01/01/2014 The biggest shocker of 2013 is the progress made. http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2013/12/we-dont-want-to-believe-it-but-things-really-are-getting-better/?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer8a91d&utm_medium=twitter

12/29/2013 Good news you may have missed from Bill Gates. http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Personal/Year-in-Review-2013?WT.mc_id=12_23_2013_TGNYIR_tw&WT.tsrc=Twitter

12/28/2013 A great talk on the rise of health, peace and prosperity, hoping all are enjoying the same over the holidays and year round. Thanks for sharing this Nate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwLNqDbPNBw&feature=youtu.be

12/25/2013 Marine's email goes viral, defiantly helps keep things in perspective. http://www.businessinsider.com/marines-email-missing-gear-statement-2013-12

12/22/2013 Farid Zakaria Give Capitalism a Chance in Cuba, nice piece. http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/14/give-capitalism-a-chance-to-change-cuba/?hpt=hp_t3

12/16/2013 Climate game changer in the White House? http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/193173-green-groups-believe-timing-will-make-podesta-a-white-house-climate-force

12/15/2013 Aboriginal literacy rates double in Northern Australia. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/nt-indigenous-student-literacy-doubles-20131213-2zc6m.html

12/14/2013 Five reasons 2013 was the best year in history. http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/12/11/3036671/2013-certainly-year-human-history/

12/10/2013 How crime declined in New York in America. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/04/nyregion/how-crime-declined-in-new-york-city-and-the-us.html?_r=0

12/08/2013 Iran and Israel to talk? http://news.yahoo.com/israel-president-39-ready-meet-iran-counterpart-39-134012456.html

12/07/2013 Literacy rates up, population growth down in India. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2317341/Indias-literacy-rate-rises-73-cent-population-growth-dips.html

12/02/2013 Frugal attorney leaves 187 million dollars to charity, a life well lived. http://www.theindychannel.com/news/u-s-world/seattle-man-who-few-knew-was-wealthy-donates-almost-188-million-to-charity-following-his-death

12/01/2013 Ten stories that prove there is good in the world. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/28/top-10-thankful-stories_n_4346605.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

11/30/2013 A new and welcome positive news site, thanks Nate for sharing. http://positivenews.org.uk/

11/30/2013 A world free of nuclear weapons? http://www.globalzero.org/

11/25/2013 Progress in preventing a nuclear Iran? http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/24/us-iran-nuclear-idUSBRE9AI0CV20131124

11/23/2013 Batkid saves city, very touching. http://gma.yahoo.com/batkids-wish-spikes-donations-interest-foundation-184536816--abc-news-topstories.html

11/23/2013 Informal supply chains helping recovery in Philippines. http://news.yahoo.com/informal-supply-chains-help-feed-typhoon-survivors-042649001.html

11/20/2013 Ship cooking and air delivering 18,000 meals a day to person effected by storm in Philippines. The history of US Philippine relations, make this even more remarkable. . http://news.yahoo.com/uss-george-washington-warship-turned-floating-aid-hub-180639544.html

11/20/2013 Top Chef Richard Blais, is helping cook up a healthier nation, his own transformation rather impressive as well. http://verdenews.com/SiteImages/DisplayAds/15858.pdf

11/19/2013 Humanism and it's goals. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism_and_Its_Aspirations

11/18/2013 Improving remote hospitals. http://news.msn.com/science-technology/robots-let-doctors-beam-into-remote-hospitals

11/17/2013 The decline of global military spending, found this on Steven Pinker's excellent website. http://copenhagenconsensus.com/projects/how-much-have-global-problems-cost-world/research/armed-conflict

11/16/2013 Can we have a more equitable world? http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/15/opinion/yunus-microfinance-grameen-bank/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7

11/14/2013 Taliban struggling in Pakistan. http://news.msn.com/world/leaders-death-plunges-pakistan-taliban-into-disarray

11/11/2013 The Filipino spirit is stronger than any typhoon. http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/08/world/asia/philippines-typhoon-destruction/

11/11/2013 Aid poring into the Philippines, a remarkable testament to human compassion and progress, that today no country suffers a natural disaster with out billions of dollars in supplies and human efforts arriving ASAP. http://www.euronews.com/2013/11/11/aid-pours-into-the-philippines-but-remote-villages-are-yet-to-be-reached/ .

11/11/2013 How you can help persons in the aftermath of the storm in the Philippines. http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/impact.your.world/?hpt=hp_t1

11/09/2013 Marines get remarkable impromptu act of kindness. http://shine.yahoo.com/author-blog-posts/first-class-passengers-seats-marines-returning-afghanistan-airport-191100925.html

11/05/2013 Remarkable courage and skill of one doctor. http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/01/world/africa/cnnheroes-bwelle-cameroon-doctor/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

11/04/2013 More than half of the states eighth graders scoring higher than international average in math, remember the international average it self is going up over time, this is very good sign. The kids are all right . http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/study-eighth-graders-in-more-than-half-of-us-states-better-than-average-in-math-and-science/2013/10/23/fa4374d0-3c1f-11e3-a94f-b58017bfee6c_story.html

11/03/2013 Those in the north can save money on heating costs (no not moving to Florida). http://financialplan.about.com/od/savingmoney/a/How-To-Save-Money-On-Heating-Bills-This-Winter.htm

10/30/2013 The decline of deaths caused by fire. http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/06/09/fire_deaths_are_on_the_decline.html

10/28/2013 Time up for the tea party? http://news.yahoo.com/business-gop-establishment-tea-party-over-163718915--politics.html

10/27/2013 Bringing healthier food to inner city corner stores. http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/milwaukee-effort-to-eat-healthier-starts-at-central-city-corner-stores-b99128477z1-229411031.html

10/26/2013 Sign the petition to end the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/end-saudi-arabia39s-ban-on-women-driving/

10/22/2013 Work place deaths very rare and on the decline in the UK. This was unthinkable anywhere in past generations. http://ohsonline.com/articles/2013/07/08/british-fatalities.aspx

10/21/2013 On the rise of women leaders. http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/11/opinion/rosin-women-in-charge/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

10/20/2013 82 year old acing and loving college, learning and growing should be life long. http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/why--granny-franny--is-the-most-popular-gal-on-campus-185328375.html

10/19/2013 Polio is 99% solved/eradicated , for just a moment of your time can help finish off this terrible disease. http://www.globalpovertyproject.com/campaigns/endofpolio

10/15/2013 World Food Prize winners to lecture in Iowa. http://www.newsdaily.com/article/8c9a860d6e368c80a3e79536eb98ec5a/world-food-prize-recipients-to-lecture-at-u-iowa

10/14/2013 Prevalence rates of cyber-bullying may be exaggerated, found this on Steven Pinker's excellent website/blog. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131010/09444124826/exaggeration-cyberbullying-problem-is-harming-anti-bullying-efforts.shtml

10/13/2013 The Women's Hall of Fame. http://news.yahoo.com/nancy-pelosi-betty-ford-join-womens-hall-fame-155607356--spt.html

10/07/2013 Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons has begun. http://news.yahoo.com/syria-makes-excellent-start-chemical-disarmament-official-says-124042283.html

10/06/2013 Ten years after decriminalization, drug abuse down by half in Portugal. http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/07/05/ten-years-after-decriminalization-drug-abuse-down-by-half-in-portugal/

10/05/2013 Ten seriously healthy fast foods. http://health.yahoo.net/articles/nutrition/photos/10-seriously-healthy-fast-foods#0

10/01/2013 Ancient kingdom found on archeological dig in Iraq. http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-kingdom-discovered-beneath-mound-iraq-115920338.html

09/30/2013 Solving homelessness in Atlanta. http://news.yahoo.com/atlanta-logs-dramatic-turnaround-homelessness-134343443.html

09/28/2013 Great talk on the progress of humanity by Robert Wright. http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_wright_on_optimism.html

09/24/2013 The continued decline of childhood mortality in Africa. http://atlantablackstar.com/2013/09/16/child-mortality-decline-africa/

09/23/2013 Possible action in UN on Syria and Iran? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/create-emergency-fund-30-days/story?id=20319860

09/21/2013 Extremely mature, compassionate 19 year-old DQ manager draws Warren Buffett's attention. http://gma.yahoo.com/warren-buffett-invites-good-deed-dairy-queen-teen-193612103--abc-news-topstories.html

09/17/2013 Death and disabilities due to air pollution down 35% since 1990. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130917125037.htm

09/16/2013 No radiation leak from Russian sub accident. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/17/world/europe/authorities-say-no-radiation-leaked-in-russian-sub-fire.html?ref=world

09/15/2013 Massive fresh water find in Kenya. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/life-changing-water-reserve-discovered-in-kenya-193321136.html?vp=1

09/11/2013 War deaths remain on the decline. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/07/opinion/is-there-a-link-between-weather-and-war.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=1&

09/08/2013 Bigger Than Ourselves a nice peace from Scott Pelley. http://www.usaweekend.com/article/20130906/MDDAY/309060011/CBS-Evening-News-anchor-Scott-Pelley-encourages-volunteerism

09/06/2013 Declining drug use in America's youth, role model for parents? http://news.yahoo.com/drug-drops-americas-youth-rises-over-50-crowd-202408530--abc-news-topstories.html

09/05/2013 Suprising message from Iran's president. http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/04/iranian-presidents-surprising-message-to-jews/?hpt=hp_t2

09/02/2013 More on the decline of crime. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-12-25/news/ct-oped-1225-chapman-20111225_1_golden-age-crime-and-property-crime-homicide-rate

08/31/2013 UN sees progress in Libya. http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=1&i=10101

08/27/2013 Simple headband keeps kids safer when swimming. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/future-is-now/swimming-made-safer-with-this-headband-145633514.html?vp=1

08/25/2013 Larry Ellison's foundation supporting alot of research on aging and health. http://www.ellisonfoundation.org/

08/24/2013 The remarkable rise of literacy in Africa. http://www.zimeye.org/?p=19562

08/24/2013 Can Egypt learn from Thailand? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/opinion/tepperman-can-egypt-learn-from-thailand.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

08/21/2013 Miami's school system is improving. http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/04/obama.miami.school/index.html

08/19/2013 India's Olive-Oil plan. http://world.time.com/2013/08/16/wheres-the-ghee-indias-olive-oil-plan-may-not-win-over-local-consumers/?hpt=hp_bn18

08/18/2013 North and South Korea agree to family reunions. http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/18/world/asia/north-korea-family-reunions/index.html?hpt=wo_c1

08/17/2013 10,000 Women project. http://www.goldmansachs.com/citizenship/10000women/

08/17/2013 Man in India turns 1300 acres of sand into lush new forest ecosystem. http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/indian-man-single-handedly-plants-a-1360-acre-forest?hpt=hp_bn18

08/14/2013 Potentialy bad news for al Queda in Iraq, doubt time is on their side. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/insight-iraq-kurds-reach-baghdad-fight-surging-al-121316145.html

08/13/2013 MIT Technology Review World's Most Influential Thinkers. http://www.technologyreview.com/view/518026/network-analysis-reveals-worlds-most-influential-thinkers/

08/12/2013 The end on mandatory minimums? http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-holder-crime-20130812,0,464603.story

08/06/2013 Childhood obesity may be on the decline according to new CDC report. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/06/childhood-obesity-rate_n_3714436.html

08/04/2013 Has modern genetics found common ancestors, which link us all? http://news.yahoo.com/genetic-adam-eve-uncovered-180706860.html

07/30/2013 Mideast peace talks resume. http://news.yahoo.com/mideast-talks-resume-amid-deep-skepticism-105131160.html

07/27/2013 Crime in Canada at lowest in 40 years, Steve Pinker's home country helping prove his theory on the growing influance of The Better Angels of our Nature. http://www.canada.com/Canada+crime+rate+dips+lowest+level+years/8706907/story.html

07/24/2013 Reducing hospital readmissions. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722071937.htm

07/21/2013 Honda Fit electric model gets over 100mpgs. http://fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/33265.shtml

07/20/2013 Pain and a ray of hope in detroit. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-williams/bankruptcy-in-detroit_b_3624521.html

07/20/2013 Peace talks may resume in Israel. http://news.yahoo.com/palestinians-us-says-1967-lines-basis-talks-174413825.html

07/16/2013 The Women's Initative for Peace. http://www.winpeace.org/

07/15/2013 Former McDonalds executives big bet on healthy food. http://www.cnbc.com/id/100873898?__source=yahoo%7Cfinance%7Cheadline%7Cheadline%7Cstory&par=yahoo&doc=100873898%7CSupersize%20this:%20McD%27s%20alu

07/14/2013 Tough times for Hamas. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/12/how-the-arab-spring-keeps-sending-hamas-packing.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29

07/13/2013 The changes in youth attitudes during the recession. http://news.yahoo.com/study-youth-attitudes-shift-great-092247765.html

07/11/2013 Improving financial literacy in Russia. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/rising-financial-literacy-among-russians-is-a-state-priority/482956.html

07/08/2013 The growing ideas of Grow Power creating a sustainable and healthy source of food. http://www.growingpower.org/about_us.htm

07/07/2013 The dramatic decline in homicide in NYC. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/29/nyregion/414-homicides-is-a-record-low-for-new-york.html?_r=0

07/06/2013 Historic solar flight opens up new field of aviation. http://news.yahoo.com/solar-powered-plane-final-leg-flight-nyc-085511983.html

07/02/2013 Possible window to ease US-North Korean tensions. http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-seeks-talks-us-ease-tensions-085223674.html

06/30/2013 Tapping Africa's vast energy resources. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-30/obama-to-announce-plan-to-boost-africans-access-to-electricity.html

06/27/2013 Ploughshare's work in Iran http://www.ploughshares.org/blog/topic/iran?gclid=CI_y-_W5hbgCFZE-MgodmFIA_w

06/26/2013 Helping vets help others, The Mission Continues. http://missioncontinues.org/

06/25/2013 A NICHE program to improve elder care. http://www.nicheprogram.org/

06/17/2013 Iran elects a moderate president. http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/17/18990166-analysis-in-choosing-moderate-president-iran-hopes-for-better-relations-with-west?lite

06/10/2013 Helping female vets. http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/06/us/cnnheroes-boothe-female-veterans/index.html

06/08/2013 FBI and Microsoft team may deal big blow to cyber-crime. http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/can-this-fbi-microsoft-team-finally-take-down-the-citadel-botnets.html/?ref=YF

06/06/2013 Chineses millionare Jack Ma turns to environmental philanthropy. http://blog.nature.org/conservancy/2009/12/07/jack-ma-wizard-of-hangzhou-nature-environment/

06/04/2013 An overdue tarms trade treaty signed by 65 countries. http://world.time.com/2013/06/03/u-n-arms-trade-treaty-opens-for-signature-monday/

06/02/2013 Iran has played a constructive role in Afganistan and may do so in the future. http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/engage-iran-afghanistan-8528

06/02/2013 Milwaukee may offer national model for improving quality of tap water. We'll drink to that. http://city.milwaukee.gov/water/about/WaterQuality.htm

05/28/2013 4 Billion dollar bet on the West Bank has wide support. http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/26/world/meast/west-bank-investment/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular

05/27/2013 Talk sense about terror. http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/finally-talking-terror-sensibly-8511

05/26/2013 Finding peace in post-disaster Haiti. http://www.salon.com/2013/05/26/the_medias_warped_coverage_of_post_disaster_haiti_partner/

05/26/2013 Meet Team Rubicon a highly effective group of veterans serving areas and people effected by natural disasters. http://teamrubiconusa.org/

05/26/2013 A number of effective disaster relief groups in Oklahoma with in hours of tragic tornado. http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/23/us/cnnheroes-moore-tornado-recovery/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1

05/24/2013 Teen goes from homeless to valedictorian. http://gma.yahoo.com/georgia-teenager-overcomes-homelessness-become-valedictorian-165004858--abc-news-topstories.html

05/23/2013 The continued decline of teen pregnency. http://news.yahoo.com/nearly-us-states-see-hefty-drop-teen-births-042314163.html

05/20/2013 How money can buy you happiness. http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/20/opinion/dunn-norton-money-happiness-time/index.html?hpt=hp_t4

05/19/2013 After defeat of Islamic radicals can democracy be restored in Mali? http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/19/us-mali-crisis-idUSBRE94I06420130519

05/18/2013 Used-bike program benefits hundereds of children. http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/16/living/orig-ideas-bike-works/index.html?hpt=hp_bn11

05/16/2013 Hope for Yemen? http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-says-hope-yemen-funds-forthcoming-182704217.html

05/14/2013 How people change, a nice piece from David Brooks. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/opinion/brooks-how-people-change.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

05/13/2013 The rise and fall of homophobia and the reasons for it. http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199778249.001.0001/acprof-9780199778249-chapter-006

05/12/2013 200 countries, 200 years in 4 minutes great video, thanks to Nate Levin for sharing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo

05/12/2013 Yale Sisters allaince on womens progress. http://news.yale.edu/2013/04/24/washington-yale-sisters-alliance-takes-stock

05/11/2013 The growth of eco-friendly burials. http://news.yahoo.com/eco-friendly-green-burials-catching-u-110359374.html

05/08/2013 In effort to strengthen relations and open door to peace talks, Isreal halts settlement building. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/7/israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-orders-h/

05/07/2013 Intresting and mixed results from state Medicaid lottery. http://healthland.time.com/2013/05/06/benefits-of-fighting-depression-priceless/?hpt=hp_bn18

05/05/2013 Peace index up in the UK, the decline of violence continues. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22275280

05/02/2013 Support for NBA center comming out as gay overwhelming. http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9226747/nba-jason-collins-says-us-ready-openly-gay-player

04/28/2013 Mobile kitchen in NYC teaching healthy affordable eating. http://mobilekitchenclassroom.org/

04/26/2013 North Korean soldiers put down arms to help plant crops. http://news.yahoo.com/nkorean-soldiers-put-down-arms-help-plant-crops-121956680.html

04/25/2013 31 year old Ugandan billionaire headed to space carrying African flags. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/24/business/ashish-thakkar-mara-africa/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

04/22/2013 Bil Gates 5 Billion dollar bet on improving teacher evaluations via cameras. http://news.yahoo.com/bill-gates-5-billion-plan-let-put-camera-201014925.html

04/17/2013 Our Admirably calm response to incident in Boston. We are better at responding to and reducing violence this sort of cowardly act is actually on the decline. Our deepest condolances to all those whom suffered. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-16/the-calm-response-to-boston-is-bad-news-for-the-attackers.html

04/16/2013 The decline of global military spending, I think Eishenhower would have liked this. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/15/business/austerity-global-military-spending/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1

04/15/2013 Have we reached a tipping point in ending war-time rape? http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2013/0411/Is-an-end-to-war-time-rape-at-a-tipping-point?nav=90-csm_category-topStories

04/09/2013 China not OK with North Korea's belligerence. http://news.yahoo.com/embassies-staying-put-north-korea-despite-tension-001315898--business.html

04/08/2013 Retired general Wes Clark, North Korea not wise in it's actions unlikley to start a war. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/05/opinion/clark-north-korea/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

04/07/2013 Globally 87% of young wome and 92% of young men have acheived basic literacy skills and rate are rising. Stunning comparred to 100-1000 year historic rates which were much lower. http://efareport.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/literacy-rates-are-rising-but-not-fast-enough/

04/06/2013 Crime is way down in Los Angeles, pretty much everywhere too. http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/04/crime-down-los-angeles-and-everywhere-else-too

04/05/2013 Improved US-China relations may be silver lining to current North Korean crisis. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/05/north-korea-aggression-could-strengthen-us-china-alliance/

03/31/2013 Restorative justice program cut school suspensions in half. http://news.yahoo.com/restorative-justice-one-high-schools-path-reducing-suspensions-160048622.html

03/26/2013 Nation's first female head of Secret Service. http://news.yahoo.com/president-obama-names-julia-pierson-first-female-secret-210807281--abc-news-politics.html

03/25/2013 The thaw in relations between Turkey and Israel should not compromise improved relationship bewteen Greece and Israel. http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/netanyahu-reassures-greeks-turkey-reconciliation-won-t-come-between-us.premium-1.511724

03/24/2013 Anne Frank's tree's saplings live on will grow in America. http://news.yahoo.com/saplings-anne-franks-tree-root-us-163048542.html

03/24/2013 Peter Bergen on the suprizing hope for Pakistan and Afganistan, intresting/hopeful http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/20/opinion/bergen-pakistan-afghanistan-hope

03/17/2013 Democracy and growth in Africa. http://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/democracy-key-to-africa-s-growth-1.1487632

03/12/2013 Gun ownership, like gun violence is in decline over past 30 years. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/us/rate-of-gun-ownership-is-down-survey-shows.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

03/12/2013 The largest well designed study suggests large decline in bullying across the developed world. The kids are alright...and trending better. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19618108

03/10/2013 10 mildly shallow reasons to breast feed, perhaps complementary to the not so shallow health reasons . http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/10-mildly-shallow-reasons-breastfeed-173500656.html

03/08/2013 Bill Clinton's apology. http://news.yahoo.com/why-bill-clinton-apologizing-signing-doma-071300542.html

03/07/2013 Illinois deal on fracking may be national model for tough new safety standards industry and enviornmentalists can agree on. http://news.yahoo.com/illinois-deal-fracking-could-national-210307441.html

03/06/2013 Greece and Turkey vow to solve differances via constructive dialogue. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/turkey-greece-vow-dialogue-overcome-rifts-18646702

03/03/2013 The decline of organized crime in Bulgaria. http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=134936

02/28/2013 Incarceration rates for African-Americans has fallen sharply over past ten years, come to think of so has crime during the same time. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/us/incarceration-rates-for-blacks-dropped-report-shows.html?ref=us&_r=0

02/27/2013 The decline of childhood obesity in Missisippi,NYC California lots of signs of progress, good peace from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/features-and-articles/signs-of-progress-in-childhood-obesity.html

02/25/2013 Getting calories out of soft drinks. Should we be impressed? http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/soft-drink-giant-wants-consumers-to-be-impressed/?partner=yahoofinance

02/24/2013 Growth in and through high-tech start up concepts from people incarerated in California's prison system? http://news.yahoo.com/inmates-high-tech-startup-mania-hits-san-quentin-230717354--sector.html

02/19/2013 Athletes agianst bulling further proof of our ever evolving standard of decency. http://www.athletesagainstbullying.ca/

02/18/2013 Africa Mercy the worlds largest hospital ship has been effective in helping cure many. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50141230n

02/13/2013 Mark Zuckerberg's quiet genorisity http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/12/tech/social-media/zuckerberg-top-philanthropist/index.html?hpt=hp_bn5

02/12/2013 Retirement accounts recovering helping retirees http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rising-401-k-balances-helping-171016028.html

02/11/2013 Rates of child abuse continue to decline. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/12/child-abuse-rate-in-us_n_2288223.html

02/10/2013 The dramatic decline of pirate attacks. http://news.yahoo.com/hired-guns-finally-scuppered-somali-pirates-090535971.html

02/09/2013 Why no one in Washington can talk about the world becomming more peacefull, this is bit dated but relevant. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-world-is-safer-but-no-one-in-washington-can-talk-about-it/2012/11/02/2e59cfea-2442-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_story.html

02/04/2013 The dialoge between India and Pakaistan may be reason(s) for cautious optimism. http://tribune.com.pk/story/500098/pakistan-india-ties-dialogue-process-has-not-been-derailed/

02/01/2013 Bright spots in Haiti's health care. http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/01/health/haiti-health-care/index.html?hpt=hp_bn13

01/31/2013 Crime falls for 10th straight year in Los Angeles. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/los-angeles-crime-rate-falls-10th-straight-year-article-1.1235916

1/31/2013 Bill Gates and Charlie Rose on philantropy and making it more effective. http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12755

01/29/2013 105 year old passes drivers test with flying colors. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/28/105-year-old-california-woman-relieved-to-pass-driver-test-with-flying-colors/

01/28/2013 Do centerist groups offer hope in American politics? http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2133936,00.html

01/27/2013 Michael Bloomberg has now given John Hopkins over one billion, with a B, dollars. http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/27/us/bloomberg-johns-hopkins-gift/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

01/24/2013 Panera opening raises some bread for good causes http://www.boston.com/businessupdates/2013/01/24/customers-generous-mood-opening-day-for-panera-cares-restaurant/0s0O8uB8P3lLCDNvtBKdXI/story.html

01/21/2013 Is Martin Luther King's dream alive? http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/21/opinion/powell-mlk-day/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1

01/20/2013 140 countries sign treaty to reduce mercury pollution. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/global-warming/130119/mercury-emissions-treaty-geneva-UN

01/16/2013 Supply and demand trends suggest America is quietly becoming energy independent. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/01/is-the-us-quietly-weaning-itself-off-foreign-oil/251868/

01/14/2013 More openess from Chinese governemnt on air pollution problems. http://news.yahoo.com/severe-beijing-smog-prompts-unusual-transparency-104822044.html

01/13/2013 America's Safer streets. http://www.economist.com/node/21560870

01/13/2013 Hunter- gather socities may have been much more violent then modern ones, however we can learn alot from them say Jared Diamond. http://newbooksinbrief.com/tag/jared-diamond/

01/10/2013 Compassionate Kids intresting site. http://www.compassionatekids.com/volunteering.shtml

01/08/2013 Oslo Peace Institute research on the decline of war. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/08/15/think_again_war

01/07/2013 Apocalypse Not http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/ff_apocalypsenot/

01/07/2013 Obesity in Philliy's kids declining school efforts may be working. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/philadelphia-school-children-slim-data-shows-obesity-reduced/story?id=17210143

01/06/2012 Violence in Afganistan, including agianst Americans is trending down. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130102140516.htm

01/02/2013 Imposing ethics and transparancy in the Hong Kong markets. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-03/hong-kong-s-new-rules-on-home-area-to-help-improve-transparency.html

01/01/2013 A wide range of positive trends in America. Happy NewYears. http://news.yahoo.com/sour-end-2012-masks-positive-trends-america-015300137.html

12/28/2012 Charitable giving in 2011 increased to 298 billion dollars and change...will the upward trend continue in 2012? Stay tuned. http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=42

12/28/2012 Warren Buffet on the future of newspapers. http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2012/06/22/would-you-bet-with-warren-buffett-on-the-future-of-newspapers/

12/26/2012 Have we turned the corner on childhood obesity? It now appears to be declining. http://children.webmd.com/news/20121220/rates-childhood-obesity-fall

12/26/2012 Mark Zuckerberg donates 500 million dollars. http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/12/19/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-donating-500-million-in-stock-to-silicon-valley/

12/25/2012 Improving the crop and lives of African cashew farmers. http://www.ird.org/en/our-work/success-stories/ird-and-peace-corps-collaborate-on-senegambia

12/21/2012 Kids on outing for good grades deal with real life drama very well, all are OK. http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/20/boys-make-the-right-move-with-loaded-gun-in-theater/?iref=obnetwork

12/21/2012 The decline of capital punishment. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/21/us/use-of-death-sentences-continues-to-fall-numbers-show.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

12/21/2012 Debunking doomsday rumors. http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/19/debunking-doomsday-6-rumors-dispelled/?hpt=hp_bn2

12/18/2012 US-Pakistan relations improving http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/world/asia/pentagon-to-reimburse-pakistan-688-million.html?ref=world

12/16/2012 Outpouring of support for the victims and community of Sandyhook. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/15/sandy-hook-shooting-world_n_2307073.html?ir=World

12/15/2012 The amount of pollution in the air has gone down and should continue to decrease. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/science/earth/epa-proposes-tighter-soot-rule.html?ref=science&_r=0

12/14/2012 A moment for moderates. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2125034,00.html

12/13/2012 Lot more common ground on moral issues accross the political spectrum than most suspect. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121106191956.htm

12/11/2012 Afgan police and courts begining to crack down on violence aginst women. http://news.yahoo.com/afghanistan-girls-killing-stands-police-response-175400210.html

12/10/2012 Islamist Egypt unavoidable? http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/06/islamist-egypt-inevitable-not-so-fast/?hpt=hp_bn2

12/09/2012 Many amercians believe crime is getting worse which is not at all true. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2011/02/head_case.html

12/08/2012 Egypt's president gives up on power grab. He may be more rational than suspected he is an American trained PhD and once worked for NASA. Stay tuned. http://news.yahoo.com/egypts-president-morsi-cancels-powerful-decree-230432183.html

12/06/2012 Bagdahd and Kurds appear to have reached a security agreement. http://news.yahoo.com/baghdad-kurds-said-reach-security-agreement-140409247.html

12/06/2012 The kids are alright Siemens Foundation award winners. http://www.siemens-foundation.org/en/competition.htm

12/4/2012 Expanding higher education in Africa is right for so many reasons and well underway. http://ent.arp.harvard.edu/AfricaHigherEducation/

12/3/2012 Berkley Sociologist on the decline in violent crime. http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2010/06/16/a-crime-puzzle-violent-crime-declines-in-america/

12/3/2012 Via a very large donation 185 Million dollar museum, offering hands on science exposure opens in Dallas. http://news.yahoo.com/dallas-museum-offers-hands-exploration-nature-science-175139969.html

12/2/2012 Cheating appears to be on the decline in high school and college students. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/for-the-first-time-in-a-d_n_2198714.html

11/29/2012 Dave Petraus confident his family will be OK, enough said http://gma.yahoo.com/petraeus-tells-friend-screwed-royally-084115730--abc-news-topstories.html

11/26/2012 The Linus Pauling Institute's health Aging Program. http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/hap/index.html

11/25/2012 Cleric issues Fatwa supporting cease fire. http://www.newsday.com/news/world/gaza-cleric-supports-cease-fire-with-fatwa-1.4259725

11/23/2012 Cease fire seems to be holding in Isreal. http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2012/11/23/cease-fire-between-israel-and-hamas-seems-holding/irpmbGFNifzYg4FCpf6x3K/story.html

11/22/2012 Rising role for women scientists at UW Madison. http://www.news.wisc.edu/21068

11/19/2012 Building fitness into traditonal classes improves learning. Exercise is good for the brain. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Campaign-employs-fitness-to-improve-test-scores-3992112.php

11/18/2012 Progress in cooperation towards peace and cooperation in Pakistan and Afganistan. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghanistan-pakistan-peace-talks-17746359

11/14/2012 Good bye to wait list for disability services in Milwaukee, long over due.. http://www.wuwm.com/news/wuwm_news.php?articleid=11429

11/12/2012 African girls have built a urine powered electrical generator, no really check it out. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/urine-powered-generator-unveiled-international-exhibition-234718329.html

11/12/2012 Making history lessons meaningfull and enriching. http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar12/vol69/num06/Teaching-for-Historical-Literacy.aspx

11/11/2012 Minority Children in Florida show dramatic improvments in reading scores. http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/library/chart-graph/florida-minorities-show-dramatic-improvements-reading-scores

11/8/2012 Record number of Women elected to the Senate. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/women-power-a-record-breaking-moment-for-women-in-the-us-senate/2012/11/07/c4ad3f6c-2916-11e2-bab2-eda299503684_gallery.html

11/7/2012 House Leader pledges to bipartisan effort to avoid fiscal cliff. http://news.yahoo.com/top-republican-obama-avoid-fiscal-cliff-203717611--finance.html

11/6/2012 National Cyber Security is being strenthened. http://www.news.wisc.edu/21224

11/4/2012 Growing healthy food in the Bronx http://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_ritz_a_teacher_growing_green_in_the_south_bronx.html

11/4/2012 Students can eat healthier at school, progress is being made. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/29/theres-homework-to-do-on-school-lunches/?ref=health

11/3/2012 Time's Best Inventions of 2012 http://techland.time.com/2012/11/01/best-inventions-of-the-year-2012/?hpt=hp_t4

11/3/2012 Newyorkers doing good at pulling together after hurricane. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/03/how-to-help-in-new-york-city-_n_2069163.html

11/3/2012 Not a single homicide in Newyork since hurricane. http://observer.com/2012/11/a-sandy-silver-lining-still-no-murders-after-hurricane/

10/30/2012 The rise in smoke free work places appear to have caused a decline in heart attacks. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121029170940.htm

10/29/2012 Violent crime just keeps declining. http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/sirens/2012/oct/29/americas-violent-crime-rate-keeps-falling/ Fantastic news.

10/29/2012 The Titans of Philantropy. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/forbes-photographs--titans-of-philanthropy.html

10/29/2012 Is democratic reform coming to China? http://news.yahoo.com/insight-china-grassroots-democracy-challenge-awaits-leaders-005955172.html

10/28/2012 The sexual abuse of children appears to be declining. To be sure one child abused is one to many but the trend is encouraging. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/us/rate-of-child-sexual-abuse-on-the-decline.html?_r=0

10/27/2012 Three reasons China is not reasons China is not over taking the US. A Harvard proffesor's take. http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2012/0124/3-reasons-why-China-isn-t-overtaking-the-US/They-confuse-growth-rates-with-total-growth

10/26/2012 Teen pregnancy rates in Milwaukee declining faster than National rates (which continue to improve as well). http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/172554371.html

10/23/2012 Violent crime rate has fallen by almost half in the past 20 years. Good job America don't stop now. http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10tbl01.xls

10/15/2012 Nation's major manufactors set up group to train veterans. http://news.yahoo.com/manufacturers-unveil-plans-train-veterans-factory-jobs-150357581--sector.html

10/12/2012 165 millon dollars pledged to support Arab democracies. http://news.yahoo.com/165-mln-pledge-fund-backing-arab-democracies-104808761--finance.html

10/11/2012 Half the Sky improving the lives of women and girls over the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JbWA-6GDn4

10/11/2012 Nigeria can eradicate polio according to optimistic doctor. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/10/nigeria-can-eradicate-polio-says-gates-foundation/

10/08/2012 Phillipine government reaches peace agreement with rebel group. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/world/asia/manila-and-rebel-group-take-step-toward-peace-plan.html

10/06/2012 Lots of IQ on the problem(s) as Bill Gates would say. The 2012 MacArthur Genius Grant Awards. http://www.federalnewsradio.com/615/2553806/2012-MacArthur-Foundation-genius-grant-winners-

10/05/2012 NPR talk on the decline of war. http://www.npr.org/2011/12/07/143285836/war-and-violence-on-the-decline-in-modern-times

10/03/2012 Wind power generation is on the rise. Nice graph. http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2012/04/02/wind-power-continues-trend-of-rapid-growth-in-us/

09/30/2012 Iranian government's attempts to limit web access just not going so well. http://news.yahoo.com/iran-swipe-brings-angry-reply-184023978.html

09/29/2012 Not too late to save trouble fish populations. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120927141537.htm

09/29/2012 Libyans turning in weapons may be step towards peace. http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-libyans-handover-weapons-192250403.html

09/28/2012 Ten militias in Libya reported to be disbanded. http://news.yahoo.com/libyan-leader-says-least-10-militias-disbanded-012459392.html

09/27/2012 Trilateral talks between India, US and Afganistan may strengthen Afgan economy. http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/trilateral-dialogue-made-good-progresseconomic-side-blake/188678/on

09/27/2012 An aging population may present more oppurtunties than problems. Proffesor Bill Novelli. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-novelli/aging-population_b_1919200.html

09/23/2012 Bill Clinton's case for (evidence based) optimism. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2125031,00.html

09/21/2012 Rates of work place deaths have been falling every year since 1994. http://www.wisn.com/news/money/America-s-workplace-a-lot-less-deadly/-/9373130/16686844/-/xcjto0/-/index.html?absolute=true

09/20/2012 Steven Pinker and Bill gates discussing the decline of violence.Good video. http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Personal/A-Conversation-With-Steven-Pinker-Has-the-World-Become-More-or-Less-Violent-over-Time?WT.mc_id=9_17_2012_PinkerViolence_fb&WT.tsrc=Facebook

09/20/2012 Are racial disparities in health care on the decline? http://news.yahoo.com/race-doesnt-affect-injury-outcomes-kids-205348229.html

09/19/2012 YMCA program may be effective at reducing childhood obesity. http://news.yahoo.com/community-program-may-help-obese-kids-194408657.html

09/16/2012 Economist Jeffery Sach's plan to reduce poverty in Africa may very well be working. http://news.yahoo.com/villages-laboratories-debate-africa-aid-194133086--finance.html

09/16/2012 The green wall of china Green. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/monitoring/media_reports/1199218.stm

09/13/2012 Childhood deaths decline sharply over the past decade. What a terrific achievement for all of humanity. http://www.voanews.com/content/unicef-report-sharp-decline-in-child-mortality-rate/1507130.html

09/12/2012 Libyan's elect US trained engineer as Prime Minister. http://news.yahoo.com/u-trained-engineer-picked-libyas-next-premier-004457408.html

09/12/2012 Libyans, Egyptians condem recent attack. In the slightly longer view democracy and freedom are increasing. Sporadic and cowardly barbaric acts are highly unlikely to stop freedom's long term rise which to date is undeniable. http://news.yahoo.com/photos/libyans-denounce-acts-of-terrorism-slideshow/ http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/12/world/meast/libya-reax/index.htm

09/11/2012 The numbers on terrorism and air passenger safety very reassuring and trending even better. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703481004574646963713065116.html

09/09/2012 Child obesity rates declining in Phildelphia http://news.yahoo.com/obesity-drops-among-philadelphia-students-programs-working-181448266.html

09/09/2012 Michael Shermer Life Has never Been So Good. Great talk . http://www.michaelshermer.com/2012/01/life-has-never-been-so-good/

09/04/2012 Oklahoma goes from fat to fit http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-08-23/the-city-that-shed-a-million-pounds#r=lr-sr

09/03/2012 Peace is possible in Israel per many prominent Jewish leaders. http://israelipeaceinitiative.com/israeli-peace-initiative-english/summary/

08/31/2012 Technology start ups in Kenya may be key to furthering prosperity. http://www.economist.com/node/21560912

08/28/2012 Kids helping out in the community. http://kidsclubs.about.com/od/volunteering/a/whyvolunteer.htm

08/26/2012 Crime remains on decline during tough economic times. http://articles.boston.com/2010-09-14/news/29300139_1_violent-crime-property-crime-james-alan-fox

08/26/2012 Winning the war on war. Great article. http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136514/joshua-s-goldstein/winning-the-war-on-war-the-decline-of-armed-conflict-worldwide

08/25/2012 Warren Buffet's philosophy on giving. http://philanthropy.com/blogs/prospecting/warren-buffett-shares-his-philanthropic-philosophy/21672

08/22/2012 Major decline in drinking over the last decade in Ireland. http://www.thejournal.ie/alcohol-consumption-down-by-17-per-cent-over-last-decade-344971-Feb2012/

08/21/2012 Israeli doctors use humor to improve health of children. http://news.yahoo.com/israeli-clowns-pioneer-medical-treatments-064422698.html

08/20/2012 Barefoot College provides education in sustainable solar and water solutions as well as health care for persons living in developing countries. A true success story of education and empowerment. http://www.barefootcollege.org/ http://www.ted.com/talks/bunker_roy.html

08/18/2012 CO2 emissions drop to 20 year lows in America. http://news.yahoo.com/ap-impact-co2-emissions-us-drop-20-low-174616030--finance.html

08/16/2012 Seniors helping Children learn to read helps all those involved. http://www.edutopia.org/grace-learning-center-prekindergarten-community

08/15/2012 Rates of sexual abuse of children declining (down 60% in past 20 years). http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/us/rate-of-child-sexual-abuse-on-the-decline.html

08/15/2012 Smoking continues to deline among high school students. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/13/third-national-survey-rep_n_1765862.html

08/15/2012 Americans gave 347 billion dollars to charity in 2011 up from past years. In the worst economic down turn of our lives Americans have been productive and kind enough to be able to donate an amount greater than the entire GDP of our country in 1951. Amazing the progress that can happen over a couple of generations. Well done America! http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/01/24/10228112-report-americans-more-generous-in-giving-to-charity-in-2011?lite

08/15/2012 Producing healthy and environmentally sustainable food in Milwaukee. Has Will Allen created a model for the future? http://www.macfound.org/fellows/70/

08/13/2012 US crime rate at lowest in decades. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2012/0109/US-crime-rate-at-lowest-point-in-decades.-Why-America-is-safer-now

08/13/2012 Program demonstrates ability to help women coping with addiction. http://www.metahouse.org/who_we_are.htm

08/13/2012 Are there solution(s) to childhood obesity. We Can program says yes. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/magazine/issues/summer07/articles/summer07pg26-27.html

08/10/2012 Naked Chef brings naked (real) food to school lunches. http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/chef_jamie_oliver_makes_over_school_lunches

08/10/2012 Sikh response to shooting drawing praise for unflinching compassion from across the political spectrum. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/us-attorney-general-sikh-community-has-inspired-country-with-response-to-temple-shooting/2012/08/10/23be0aa8-e313-11e1-89f7-76e23a982d06_story.html

08/09/2012 Vietnam and the US launch joint effort to clean up Agent Orange. http://news.yahoo.com/us-starts-landmark-agent-orange-cleanup-vietnam-100542424.html

08/09/2012 3 million fewer adults smoking than in 2005. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/health/story/2011-09-06/CDC-Adult-smoking-rate-down-slighlty/50277378/1 The article doesn’t mention the comparison to past generations (rates have come down dramatically).

08/08/2012 Hate is on the decline. http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/Psychologist-Hate-less-prevalent-now-than-in-past/-/10148890/16022732/-/n71ryc/-/index.html?absolute=true

08/08/2012 Most of America's older population reports life is pretty good. Very interesting poll. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-08-07/aging-americans-attitudes-retirement/56860194/1.

08/07/2012 More American walking which is good news per Center for Disease Control. http://news.yahoo.com/more-americans-walking-still-not-enough-cdc-says-180446757.html

08/07/2012 Decline in Capital punishment may be driven by increasing public disapproval. http://www.statejournal.com/story/18564154/solar-company-finds-success-in-mountain-state

08/07/2012 Gardens of peace and reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. http://agro.biodiver.se/2011/03/gardens-of-peace-and-reconciliation-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/

08/07/2012 Yesterday's posting below not an isolated example. The Harlem Achievement Zone. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0329/rebuilding-harlem-children-promise-academy-cloning-geoff-canada.html

08/06/2012 Great results from focus on literacy in African American children at risk. http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/emphasis-on-literacy-pays-off-for-brown-deer-ob53hpt-148412225.html

08/06/2012 Sikh response to senseless hate crime in Milwaukee focuses on inclusion and acceptance of all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMl74uA2bZA

08/5/2012 Can India and Pakistan find a sustainable and lasting peace? Woulding doing so increase prosperity? http://indiapakistanpeace.org/

Germany increases use of renewable energies from 6.3% to 17% of total energy consumption in a decade. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725091451.htm

New Technologies may make converting ocean water to fresh water much less expensive and energy intensive. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110531201217.htm

Teen Pregnancy Rates at all time lows across all ethnicities in the United States. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57411981-10391704/u.s-teen-pregnancy-rates-at-an-all-time-low-across-all-ethnicities/

Sustainable Bluefin Tuna harvest may be possible in near future. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20772-prized-sashimi-tuna-bred-in-captivity-for-first-time.html

Guilt-free cod and chips is back on the menu for the eco-friendly shopper. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2006/feb/11/fishing.food

Is the end of AIDS in sight? http://www.economist.com/node/18774722

New Turbine design developed to raise amount harvestable of wind energy in Japan. http://www.economist.com/node/18750586

Power of Preventative medicine/life styles. " The Proven Lifestyle". http://www.pmri.org/lifestyle_program.html

How far can solar energy come in America? http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan

Sea Turtle Deaths Drop 90% due to improved fishing technologies. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914115848.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080825212118.htm

Legend tells of Greek engineer and inventor Archimedes using parabolic mirrors to create "heat rays" to burn the ships attacking Syracuse. Though the underpinnings of that claim are speculative at best, a modern-day team of researchers at the Scientific and Production Association in Uzbekistan has proposed a more scientifically sound method of harnessing parabolic mirrors to drive solar-powered lasers. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912143412.htm

Harvard Physics proffesor breaks down sterotypes about women, science and math. http://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/randall.html. Lisa Randall is the most commonly cited person in all physics journals over the past ten years.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right. http://news.yahoo.com/skeptic-finds-now-agrees-global-warming-real-142616605.html

New study suggests all 50 states have large amounts of renewable resources avalaible for development. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120801194337.htm