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A Pagan's Blog
Junk Food Addicts Rats, Changes Brain Chemistry
By
Gus diZerega
Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute report that when fed junk food instead of good food, the brain chemistry of rats changes in ways analogous to cocaine addiction. Addicted rats turned down nutritious food preferring no food instead, but willingly underwent repeated electric shocks to eat junk food.
The Worst Movies Depicting Witches and Other Pagans
By
Gus diZerega
What follows is my attempt to distill everyone’s comments into a manageable post. As I went through the lists I discovered a good argument for including the Wizard of Oz by Sheherazahde and so included comments on both sides of that movie. I also discovered I had missed some suggested for the final nomination list, for…
A Spiritual Take on the Rage over Health Care Reform
By
Gus diZerega
UPDATE below I think the outbursts of hatred and anger we have seen since passage of the Health Care Reform bill indicate it may have been an even bigger deal than I thought. I think something far deeper than a simple political battle may be going on. I think we are really seeing a spiritual not…
The Bad Portrayals of Pagans in Movies Project
By
Gus diZerega
Has not been a success in my opinion. Very few participated, those who did usually were knowledgeable about one movie, and all in all, the discussion was with a few exceptions, pretty minimal. What there was was good, but there was very little. I figure first, most of us are not super enthusiastic movie goers.…
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