* Deborah Nelson just finished a one-year investigation into Ringling Bros.’ treatment of its animals, and the resulting article paints an ugly picture.
* Some research apparently suggests that moral philosophers are not morally better than socially comparable non-ethicists.
* Neuroscientists who gave rats a marijuana-like compound, put them in a maze and measured their brain waves, found unusually chaotic communication between brain regions linked to memory formation and complex behaviors.
* The White House has provided a disappointing response to the recent petitions to remove “In God We Trust” from U.S. currency and take “Under God” out the Pledge of Allegiance.
* A private university in Georgia is forcing its roughly 278 employees to sign a statement that rejects pre-marital sex, homosexuality, and drinking in public — or risk termination.
* Andrew Cohen discusses what George Washington believed about the Constitution in The Atlantic.
* Laura Bassett details the forces behind the current campaign against reproductive rights.
What did you expect from Obama? The man's spent more on faith-based initiatives than W. did.
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