Okay, need some help here. ProU keeps screwing up, it won't recognize my screenname or password. However, i can request a one time login through my email and use that. I wasn't banned or anything - is there a way to fix this so i don't have to deal with it anymore?
so give me my life that I may live longest
By Mignonchang - Posted on November 19th, 2009
There was this story I once read in which one of the characters was a man who wished to live as long as possible. His methology stemmed from one understanding - that boredom creates the most excruciating sensation of time's slow passing. Thus he did his utmost to promote boredom in his life and shied away from any activity in which one could derive interest. Read More »
A Healthy Dose of Ethics: Crack Babies
By mvenus929 - Posted on November 17th, 2009
So, one of my medical school interviews was with a lawyer. Strangest interview I've had yet, but he went into a whole slew of different ethical issues I might face as a physician. Among them is the ethics I am going to discuss today. Read More »
Comics and Cartoons as a Source of Cultural History in the United States, Part I
By markeggertsen - Posted on November 16th, 2009
In my studies as a student of history, I have come to realize more and more of the rich diversity of sources to be used in research. Egyptology uses studies of imagery nearly as often as text, and history in general seems to concern itself a great deal with imagery in order to study things in much the same way a detective from an old, pulpy crime novel might study the contents of a crime scene. Read More »
The Quality of Blogs
I came to ProgressiveU because I had a Google news feed that would send me stories on evolution. It was this blog that brought me here. It was not a very good blog. It would take a very long blog just to list all the things wrong with it. It was my original intent respond to the nonsense within it. Read More »
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NOOO! Reactions to the Health Care Bill
By cosmic - Posted on November 9th, 2009
The House Saturday took the first momentous step toward overhauling this country's health care system. The plan, advanced by our supposedly visionary and post-partisan president, passed by a margin of 5 votes. It brings the country precipitously close to an inefficient and oppressive health care regime. Read More »
The Secret Gospel of Mark
By darwins beagle - Posted on November 4th, 2009
The Washington Post recently published an op-ed piece that claimed that the number of Christians in America were dropping. According to that post, the percentage of Christians in the US had dropped from 86% in 1990 to 76% today. Read More »
The Prematurity Challenge
By fallon - Posted on November 3rd, 2009
As many of you may remember from previous years, November is National Prematurity Awareness month. As the aunt of three preemies and sister of two others (twins born earlier this year); it's a big deal to me. Read More »
