Zeal For Truth

Warning: Habits May Be Good for You:

Dr. Curtis, now the director of the Hygiene Center at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, had spent years trying to persuade people in the developing world to wash their hands habitually with soap. Diseases and disorders caused by dirty hands — like diarrhea — kill a child somewhere in the world about every 15 seconds, and about half those deaths could be prevented with the regular use of soap, studies indicate.

But getting people into a soap habit, it turns out, is surprisingly hard.

To overcome this hurdle, Dr. Curtis called on three top consumer goods companies to find out how to sell hand-washing the same way they sell Speed Stick deodorant and Pringles potato chips.

Politiciexpialidocious
Popular conservative CNN / radio talk show host Glenn Beck says he would vote for Ron Paul.

California Bans Trans-fats. Arnold Schwarzenegger, seen here decrying government intervention in 1990 - eagerly signed the bill.

He ventured forth to bring light to the world. Obama, that is.

Ex-Googlers launch rival search engine

Ron Paul followers pose danger for McCain in West

Bush takes Gold, Silver, and Bronze in deficit spending:

The White House predicted Monday that President Bush would leave a record $482 billion deficit to his successor, a sobering turnabout in the nation’s fiscal condition from 2001, when Mr. Bush took office after three consecutive years of budget surpluses.

Super Churchafragilistic
Short History Of the Lambeth Conference

A good interview with Bishop NT Wright about the ongoing conference and the homosexuality question

Mid Conference Letter From Bishop NT Wright

Windsor Continuation Group - Preliminary Observations to the Lambeth Conference (Parts 1, 2 and 3) [Look at the 3rd part to see why this is causing a stir]

Misc.
Body in freezer as man preached

Law prof and cop agree: never ever ever ever ever ever ever talk to the cops about a crime, even if you’re innocent

Man decapitates passenger aboard Greyhound bus in Manitoba