We, The Nation

We the People: One Nation, A Multicultural Society

ALICEROBBIN ABSTRACT THISARTICLE EXAMINES SELECTED ECONOMIC and social indicators of our multiracial and multiethnic society at the end of the twentieth century to provide an information base for wise decisions about effective library services. The statistical profile describes the demography, economic well-being , and educational attainment of the principal racial and Hispanic origin groups. T...

Education to improve the health of the nation: who should we educate?

The cardiovascular health of the nation - should we be advocating a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet?

A spate of articles in the lay press have advocated a low-carbohydrate high-fat diet for cardiovascular health, questioning 'What's cholesterol got to do with it?' and whether cholesterol-lowering drugs, particularly statins, are doing more harm than good. It is correct that excessive carbohydrate intake, particularly refined carbohydrates found in sugary drinks and energy snacks, is behind the...

The fructose nation.

There is growing miasma in our national correspondence over the increasing heft and metabolic dysfunction of everyday Americans. The origin of this mounting poundage has many parents, not the least of which is our appetite for nutritive (read caloric) sweeteners in processed foods and beverages. The culprit derivatives taking most heat today are various formulations of added fructose. Bray et a...

The Challenges Facing State-Nation-Building in Israel

Completing the nation-building process for survival is one of the challenges that the Zionist regime has always faced. This regime has based its existence on a specific and complex identity that, at first glance, can be a strong point for the survival and formation of a society, but the specific characteristics of this identity based on race and population inequality, for This has posed some ch...