
In order to help patients that are without insurance and financially-fraught residents obtain the prescription drugs that they urgently need, there is an escalating civic awareness that there are plans that provide help for prescriptions for free or just about free. Because of the state’s job loss rate now at a record high, the meaning of those plans is magnified. There are organizations that give a one stop solution to more than 525 prescription assistance programs that benefit residents who are are with no personal medical insurance or under pressure financially.
So far, these plans have helped tens of… Continue reading

The Sexualization of Young Girls
Media Influences
Bratz Doll
By Family Editorial Staff
The report by the American Psychological Association: “Report of the Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls” focuses on the media culture and its impact on young American women over a long period of time. As a part of everyday life, for many the connection has not been made between the messages conveyed through media, and the self perception of a young person, in this case young girls. The report found:the APA Task Force on the of Girls
Television
* Youth-oriented programs are disproportionately male in focus… Continue reading

The Coming Second Life Business Cycle
By Matthew Beller
Posted on 8/2/2007
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Matthew Beller’s Second Life avatar,
designed to resemble Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig von Mises once wrote that an economist “must be conversant with mathematics, physics, biology, history, and jurisprudence, lest he confuse the tasks and the methods of the theory of human action with the tasks and the methods of any of these other branches of knowledge.” In modern times, with the increasing popularity of computer-based interactive virtual worlds, it may soon be necessary for economists to familiarize themselves with the intricacies… Continue reading