Bitterness, a new mental illness?

Now psychiatrists want to label bitterness as a mental illness in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). Their description of bitterness and the extensive damage it does is pretty accurate. It took them long enough. They would have come to the same conclusion a long time ago, and saved themselves a lot of time and effort, if they had started with the Bible:

Hebrews 12:15 (New Living Translation)
15 Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.

Obama's court jester

You know how the Democrats deny that they use the courts to make laws, rather than interpret them, as they are supposed to? You know how the Republicans complain about Liberal Activist Judges, and the Democrats scoff, like conservatives are just being paranoid? See Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor give it away here:

Bill of Federalism

I'm all for this: "A Bill of Federalism: A detailed proposal to redress the imbalance between state and federal power, by Randy E. Barnett"

via Forbes.com

Down's Syndrome might prevent cancer

Evolution, and the survival of the fittest, if true, would have killed off the Down's Syndrome gene long ago. God, in His wisdom, has created us to be compassionate toward those who are weaker than we are. As it happens, folks with Down's are far less likely to have cancer, and the extra chromosome they possess may hold the key to preventing cancer in everyone else.

Slackers live longer

Psychology has good news for slackers: perfectionism is bad for you. Being tense is bad for you.

OK, if you know me well, would you say I'm a perfectionist? Do you think I'm often tense?