Blood-Brotherhood

American Brotherhood

Today, the United States is confronted by a seemingly similar scenario, in which the anxieties of millions of Americans have been aroused by adversaries who threaten them at home as well as overseas [3]. And once again, a U.S. senator is pandering to those anxieties. On January 10, 2017, Ted Cruz (R.-Tex.) introduced legislation, the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act, that would requ...

Christmas with the Brotherhood

Over the weekend following Christmas 2015, as many as 10,000 Muslims convened at Chicago’s McCormick Place for the 14th annual Muslim American Society-Islamic Circle of North America (MAS-ICNA) Convention. Neatly bearded men, typically in casual western clothes were much in evidence, along with a few in business suits and some in traditional, billowing cotton tunics and pants. As for the women,...

Brotherhood of Self-Criticism

army with a gratuity in 1947, paid for inside information about horse racing and 'lived like a king for six months'. Then he got greedy and didn't pay enough for the tips, lost all his money and had to take a job at an auctioneers. He stole clothes and shoes from the sale room so that he could bet his wages with the street bookmaker. He married in 1950 and vividly remembers the staff collection...

Brotherhood of genetics and preventive medication.

Staying in good health requires balance and harmony. This seems to apply specifically to the Niemann–Pick C1 Like 1 (NPC1L1) protein. If the transporter’s activity loses balance, i.e. absorbing either too little or too much cholesterol in the liver and intestine, the cholesterol concentration goes up either in bile or in serum. In the long run this may translate into either one of two evils: ga...

A brotherhood of foxes: generalists sticking together.