On October 25, 2009, CBS Sunday Morning tackled the multifaceted issue of obesity. Here I look at some of the topics covered.
Categorical listing
Tag Archives: death
Size and Other Weighty Matters
Posted in Chemistry, Evolution, Health, Life science
Tagged death, health, overweight
Middle East Revisited: Terrorism
I write here of distortions in terrorist relationships to heritage and to self, not about their finding my country, the United States, to be a detriment to either. Stripped of these distortions, any disappointment in our involvement would not be constantly upstaging its own agenda.
Posted in Defense, Globe, Middle East, Obscured motives, Psychology, Suicide, Terrorism, United States
Tagged aggression, death, defense, motives, suicide, terrorism, WMD
Death Penalty
A community’s best defense against those bent on murder is a reliably applied penalty that coerces each of us. The two front-runners for such a penalty are death and the elusive incarceration that ends in death.
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Justice, Rights and Obligations, United States
Tagged Capital punishment, death, justice, murder, recidivism
Wondering Through the Middle East
Where there is trust, the shortest route to a person’s beliefs is a straight question, but at this time where in the Middle East is there trust. Instead there are inner convictions, unspoken and often misguided, militating against peace. People are surely too complex and my credentials too sparse for more than guesses, so take much of what follows as such. Since often questions say more than they ask, also freely discard those of mine that seem to say too much and take the rest as starting points.
The inquiry addresses these topics:
- Terrorism throughout the region
- Palestinians and Israelis
- Iraq and the Coalition
- The quest for peace
Posted in Defense, Globe, Middle East, Obscured motives, Psychology, Suicide, Terrorism, United States
Tagged aggression, death, freedom, motives, suicide, terrorism, WMD
