Dementia is a scary word. So is senile. Both words conjure up images of being helpless in old age, of losing your memories. Of losing yourself. And the worst thing about losing your mind is that once it's gone, it's gone. You're never the same. Excep...
Race to Witch Mountain stars Dwayne Johnson as Jack Bruno, the Vegas cab driver who finds himself with some most unusual passengers. Jack is smarter than you might think, but he really should have figured out that the teenage siblings, Sara and Seth...
The Taiwan Association of Family Caregivers reports that an eye-popping 160,000 among our sick and elderly benefit from the attention of foreign caregivers working in our homes. Some political leaders are calling for an exclusion of foreign workers f...
Red Cliff II, the final installment to the Chinese epic Red Cliff, is based on the Battle of Red Cliffs that was fought at the end of the Han Dynasty. Southern warlords Liu Bei (You Yong) and Sun Quan (Chang Chen) join forces against northern Prime M...
Popcorn, like all grains, contains water. About thirteen and a half to fourteen percent of each kernel is made up of water. So when a popcorn kernel is heated above the boiling point of 212 degrees Fahrenheit, this water turns to steam. This steam cr...
Child Labor Laws- Today on Congressional Moment Over a hundred years ago the Industrial Revolution quickened the pace of manufacturing, and businessmen sought cheaper labor. Millions of children worked at dangerous jobs, and the national debate over...
PASSING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT - on Today's Congressional Moment. When President John Kennedy was assassinated in November of 1963, civil rights leaders were unsure if his support of the civil rights movement would live on with his successor, Lyndon Jo...
Mike: Where are you going with all those stuffed toys? Amanda: I'm collecting them for an orphanage. It's part of a project to get extra credit for school. If I do 40 hours of volunteer work, I can get five points added to my final grade. Besides, I...
The Agricultural Extension Service on Today's Congressional Moment. Fifty years ago, the average farmer in this country produced enough to feed 27 people. Today, he or she can feed more than 130. Why are American farms so productive? It's partly beca...
The Americans with Disabilities Act on Today's Congressional Moment. The Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, was signed into law on July 26, 1990. At the time the bill was enacted, there were over 43 million disabled Americans, and that number c...
Don: You know, Ya?l, no matter how much we talk about the need to stop global warming, sometimes it seems impossible. I mean, what are we actually doing about it? Ya?l: Well Don, I suppose there's no one solution, but things like hybrid cars can make...
Don: Hey Ya?l, did you know that people with red hair need more anesthesia during surgery than other people? Ya?l: Oh, c'mon Don, that's just another superstition about redheads--like redheads have hotter tempers. Back in the Middle Ages they used to...
Don: Hi Ya?l, what's up? Ya?l: Well Don, I just got off the phone with my friend. She's had a run of bad luck with relationships. She says that from now on she's only going to date musicians! D: Why? She really loves music? Y: No, that's not it. She...
What would you say is the deadliest animal on earth--the most dangerous, brutal, destructive? The wolf? The tiger? The great white shark? Nope. The best answer is the species known as Homo sapiens--human beings. Not only do we kill members of other s...
It's been a staple of adventure movies and fiction for generations. Our hero is traipsing through a swamp, fighting off all manner of alligators, giant snakes, and what-not, when--suddenly!--he discovers he's stepped into a pit of quicksand. Can he g...
