Yoga in public schools — an Establishment Clause problem.

NPR has trouble seeing the objection. This kids are stretching, readying their minds for learning, don't you know? But here's one m...

A euphemism for "aging": "evolving."

Example: One of my wise [yoga] teachers told us that after 50, she began to cross off the list poses that she no longer felt made sense for ...

15,000 journalists cover 5,000 delegates in what Dana Milbank calls a "media lovefest."

Yikes. I’ve had my deltoids massaged in candlelight by a licensed therapist; had a foaming pore cleanser and mask applied to my face by an a...

"If only [racial] change were as swift and simple as a child’s dance recital."

Here 's a second article about race giving central, front-page attention on the NYT website this morning. (The previous post discusses ...

"Why does yoga produce so many philanderers? And why do the resulting uproars leave so many people shocked and distraught?""

"One factor is ignorance," says William J. Broad in the NYT (via Instapundit ): Yoga teachers and how-to books seldom mention tha...

Why believe in a religion? Why not believe in 2 or 3 or more?

And throw in astrology and ghosts while you're at it. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released a report [that]... points out t...

"Don't say nothing!"

So yelled Natavia Lowery's mother as she saw what the Daily News calls "the petite suspect" being "hauled off in handcuf...

Could your guilty pleasures be a little guiltier?

Jeez. Studying languages, landscape restoration, yoga toes .... The question wasn't now tell us how charmingly wonderful you are! (Via ...

When women take classes in tennis, wine-tasting, sailing, etc., in the hope of meeting men.

They don't find them. Yet in New York City, in many (if not most) adult courses, the women are numerous and the men are few — for approx...

Sperm donor 150 reads in the paper that his children are looking for him.

And 15 months later, he contacts them. Why did he wait that long? The 50 year-old-man, Jeffrey Harrison, was afraid of disappointing. He ha...

The folk literature of those who choose not to exercise their right to remain silent.

It's the People’s Voluntary Disclosure Form , the VDF: For many people, the urge to explain, if not to confess, is as urgent as it was f...

"Peace, Love and Higher Returns."

Hedgestock: This week, on spacious lawns surrounding a turreted, gargoyle-encrusted mansion north of London, thousands of hedge fund manager...

Indigo children.

Here's an interesting article about "indigo" children: Indigo children were first described in the 1970's by a San Diego ...

Martha leaves prison.

This morning, I'm checking out the TiVo'd coverage of Martha Stewart being released from prison. One of my favorite talking heads, N...

Relax, Rejoice. Inspired by Nina's meditations on Ralph Nader's "Relax, rejoice" advice-- "I urge the liberal estab...