The introduction of the new iPad by Steve Jobs the other day got me thinking, do such devices, which now have real medical capabilities, hav...

We all know that recovery from a serious illness is not only about healing physically, but also about healing mentally. Ideally, supportive ...

Anyone tuned in to the news in recent years has probably noticed that rural America appears to be under siege by drug traffickers and drug-r...

Our class discussion today about metronormativity and the LGBT community left me thinking again about one of the underlying themes of ...

Industrialization in the United States during the last century created a national social narrative of evolving one's personal self throu...

Last spring one of Siskiyou County’s only operating hospitals announced it would be closing its skilled nursing facilities due to budget c...

Despite the fact that studies have all conclusively proved that only a very small minority of rural people are involved in agriculture or fa...

North Africa is in a turmoil. Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution started it, achieving regime change via civil resistance and political prote...

Dirt! The Movie Doubtless the most significant benefit to being married to a science teacher is that I can watch all the science documen...

A new book, " Triumph of the City " by urban economist Edward Glaeser, proclaims just that. The book is just out from Penguin Pre...

I grew up in the Marijuana capital of the world: Humboldt County (“Humboldt”). Humboldt, which is part of the “ Emerald Triangle ,” is a re...