We’ve been saying it all along, so it’s nice to see scientific research finally catching up to common sense. BBC News – ‘Long-term harm’ of too much TV for toddlers.

This is a detailed overview of the human chakra system, one of the best we here at MFL have seen on the web. Read! Learn! Enjoy! Pure Heart of Yoga – Chakras – Gaiam Life.

It’s not just us — this euphoric feeling of release, of joy, and of hope is blooming all over the world today:

Written fifteen years ago, Mr. Robbins’ remarks in Esquire Magazine are worth revisiting today. You Gotta Have Soul by Tom Robbins Mental Bungee-jumping may not be your sport of choice, but there’s a cerebral ledge that sooner or later each of us has to leap off. One day, ready or not, we glance in a [...]

With the explosion of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, parents will be well-served by reading this article on the results of a new study about “Internet predators.” There were several points I found to be surprising. The article lead-in provided the first: Contrary to stereotype, most Internet sex offenders are not adults [...]

“I’m not fat. I’m suffering from the disease of obesity.” These were the words that went through my head this morning as I read this headline at Yahoo: Obesity must be treated as disease -expert. And while I may admire the intentions of the physicians, researchers, and others involved with the 14th European Congress on [...]

Originally written and published in May 2005. On stem cells, roses, and the fallacies inherent in the “culture of life” philosophy. All life has intrinsic value. I was inspecting our new roses this weekend, removing pests, fertilizing the soil after this month’s nearly incessant rains, removing any weeds lest the beautiful, fragrant flowering hedge in [...]

This is a list of Things I Have Decided Today. It’s just my list for today. I could decide differently tomorrow, of course. But for today, this is it. I have decided that: Puppy alarm clocks are better than the other kind. Even if they are set to go off at sunrise. Espresso in front [...]

In this next section on the essay adapted from “The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics and the Modern West,” by Professor Mark Lilla of Columbia University, we examine the impulses that separated man from God, and secular politics from religion. Section II: The Great Separation. For those who study the evolution of human consciousness, this could [...]

According to this report from Reuters today, “Health insurance premiums will cost families and employers an extra $922 on average this year to cover the costs of caring for the uninsured.” How does this happen, you may be asking? Well, it’s what is otherwise known as a “vicious circle”: The costs of traditional medical care [...]