Can Drugs Make You Smarter?Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 12:49AMMAUREEN CAVANAUGH (Host): I'm Maureen Cavanaugh. You're listening to These Days on KPBS. People have been taking pills to treat physical problems for many years. It's only been in the past 20 years or so that pills and prescriptions for emotional and mental conditions have become widespread.
Deepak Chopra: Stephen Hawking's Grand Book, But Where Is the Design?Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:00AMby Deepak Chopra and Menas Kafatos Fletcher Jones Professor of Computational Physics, Dean College of Science Chapman University Stephen Hawking occupies a position in...
Seven Questions for the Pastor Who Wants to Burn Copies of the Koran on 9/11Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 8:41AMPastor Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida, plans to publicly burn a copy of the Koran on September 11. The timing coordinates with the ninth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and the present controversy over the proposed mosque near Ground Zero.
Hall’s certification needed for his jobThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:45AMTUPELO – The city must appeal the denial of its deputy police chief’s certification – and it must win – if Robert Hall is to keep his job as currently defined.
Q&A with Jeff Auxier of The Auxier Focus FundMonday, August 23, 2010 @ 10:11AM1. How many positions are there in the fund usually? I don't think it's very concentrated by looking at the % invested in the top 10 holdings? Read more » »
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Gibbs and Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano, 8/13/2010Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 5:51PMSee below for clarification to a question (marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing that required follow up. * Following up on the question regarding support for Pakistan's efforts to address unprecedented flooding, the United States has been working with Pakistani authorities from the outset of this crisis to address the urgent needs of the Pakistani people and we are making every effort ...
Inside the mind of one atheistThursday, August 12, 2010 @ 2:16AMWhat's it like to be an atheist in Colorado Springs, home of the religious right? No problems at all. by Larimore Nicholl What's it like to be an atheist in Colorado Springs, home of the religious right? No problems at all.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
A Problem with Aristotle's Ethical EssentialismTuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 6:53AMIn Aristotle's view, a great many people who operate productively and creatively in the natural world, focused on doing well in the practical professions, are consigned to an inferior status.
Protect privacy in information free-for-allWednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 2:53PMThere is an imperative to protect privacy and punish those who do wrong, writes Paul Keating.