There are dozens of Hillary Clinton scandals that I have no wish to minimize. But how is it that her habits of secrecy themselves attract more interest than the secrets already exposed?

The accepted story in the United States of what's happened in Syria is just that, a story told to make narrative sense of something completely un-understood.

In Southern Sweden a giant round rock lies on flat farmland, and the lovely story my ancestors used to tell to explain how it got there came down to this: a troll threw it there. As evidence, in a nearby castle, one can find a horn and a pipe that come into the story. The horn contained what today would be called chemical weapons, which burned the back of a horse when the hero of the story was smart enough to dump it over his shoulder rather than drinking it. Man and horse got away by riding across the furrows of a field, because everyone knows that trolls must run back and forth the full length of each furrow, which slows them down tremendously. The facts all fit. Some fringe conspiracy theorists may question the very existence of trolls, but such arguments need not be taken seriously.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- A two-year-old baby's head containing only 60
percent of her brain is now being cooled by liquid nitrogen in
Arizona, the youngest person to undergo cryonic preservation for
possible revival, thanks to her parents here in Bangkok, the U.S.
Embassy, and Alcor Life Extension Foundation.

Matheryn Naovaratpong's case redefines the controversial phrase
"right-to-life" and takes it to a completely different level -- beyond
the grave -- while her parents try to extend her existence even though
most people regard the baby as deceased.

She also adds to the debate about euthanasia, and the way some people
can now control their life and death during an illness.

Spiritual belief, and its relationship to medical care, are also
involved in this baby's unusual fate.

Matheryn's Thai Buddhist parents paid Alcor $120,000, hoping their
baby's preserved brain will one day be heated up, cured of cancer, and
have its missing 40 percent regrown.

Matheryn's parents also hope she will be able to produce a new body,

Simply Living will hold its 10thannual fundraiser on Wednesday, October 28that the Boat House restaurant at Confluence Park in downtown Columbus, located at 679 W Spring Street. More than 300 people are expected to enjoy a complimentary luncheon in this beautiful setting where the Scioto and Olentangy rivers join.

This year the theme is Sustainable U: Learn, Engage, Transform! We will be highlighting our new initiative, Simply Living Sustainable University, which invites learners and instructors from the community to teach a wide variety of topics related to sustainability. Simply Living has earned a reputation as the hub of a wheel turning communities toward a sustainable future in central Ohio. The event is an opportunity to showcase the current work and future plans of Simply Living.

There's a view of Syria, common even among peace activists in the United States, that holds that because the United States has been making everything worse in Syria and the entire Middle East for years, Russian bombs will make things better. While the actions of the United States and its allies will lead to victory for ISIS, horror for millions of people, and chronic chaos in Syria along the lines of post-liberation Iraq and Libya, Russian bombs -- this view maintains -- will destroy ISIS, restore order, uphold the rule of law, and establish peace.