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I have a BS in Zoology from San Diego State University and a Ph.D in Molecular Biology from University of California, San Diego. I was a Professor of Immunology for 10 years at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago where I performed research in AIDS, Asthma

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Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 Elections 2008: Blatant political bias by the mainstream media: 3 of 17
Barack Obama's meteoric rise to become the first African American President is historic not only for its celebrated shattering of the racial barrier but equally for how the mainstream elite media failed to critically vet him during the Democratic primary campaign as the first "post racial" presidential nominee. Obama first ca... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 Barack Obama's views on abortion: 1 of 5
It has been over 35 years since the controversial Roe v Wade Supreme Court (7-2) decision to make early term abortions legal in the US. Despite the landmark decision in 1973 abortion rights are still being vigorously contested in many quarters of the country. So where does our newly elected "post partisan" President stand on ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife Can you get to heaven by being good?: 11 of 48
At first blush you would think the answer of course is yes. After all if God expects us to be good and we do good, at least more good than bad, doesn't He have to let us into heaven? It almost goes without saying if we do more good than bad God will reward us with heaven. Isn't that what the church teaches? But before we get ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 Why Obama won the election: 4 of 17
Why did Obama win the election? There are a number of obvious reasons why Obama bested John McCain in the November elections including his uncanny talent to raise money nearly three times as much as the Republicans by not only opting out of public financing but cleverly exploiting the power of the internet to reach out and at... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: 10 Books that Screwed Up the World and 5 Others That Didn't Help, by Benjamin Wiker: 1 of 1
The "10 Books that Screwed Up the World And 5 Others that Didn't Help" by Dr. Benjamin Wiker is a thought-provoking romp for the brain for those intrepid souls with a penchant for philosophy or the history of western civilization particularly the malevolent side of that history. Wiker opens his preamble of malice with the "pr... More..
Arts & Humanities > Literature (Other) Book reviews: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, by John Boyne: 5 of 6
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS is a heartrending story of the holocaust blithely told from the naive perspective of Bruno a young German boy who reluctantly relocates with his family from their mansion in Berlin to the bucolic farm town of "Out-With" where his stern father is appointed by the "Fury" as the new commandant of t... More..