News Junkie Scott's Blog (7/13/06)

on the politics of quotas in the public universities in Brazil

Brazilian study confirm the findings of Duke University Medical Center researchers that cardiac glycosides provide neuroprotection in stroke occurrence. It was a study of 28 years that showed a low mortality for stroke in 1150 cardiac patients taking these drugs.

The Rev. Billy Graham was in Baltimore recently doing his religious revival thing. For years, he was a crony of warmongering presidents, like Richard M. Nixon. Rev. Graham’s preaching never attracted me. However, the life work of the late Phil Berrigan, an ex-Josephite priest, had a profound influence on me, and others. Berrigan spoke the truth to power. He relentlessly took on the War Party and spent 11 of his 79 years in prison for his protest actions.

Selected News of the Day

Together, We Build A New National, Broad-Based, Immigrant Rights / Civil Rights Movement!

The United Workers organizes the low-wage day laborers who clean Camden Yards.

News Junkie Scott's Blog (7/12/06)