by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
A recent study in The Journal of the American Medical Association reported that people who are not users of illegal drugs, but who live in households of users, are killed at a rate 11 times higher than those who live in drug-free homes.
by Amanda Stiver
New York University recently held a "Facebook in the Flesh" seminar to introduce incoming freshman to the seemingly lost art of face-to-face conversation.
by Cecil Maranville
Flush with increased spending money and the availability of a lower-priced, purer product, U.S. teens are using heroin at an increasing rate.
by Beyond Today Editor
An overview of events and conditions around the world featured in the March/April 2022 issue of Beyond Today.
by United News
Following the retirement of Scott Ashley, Tom Robinson recently took on the role of associate editor for the Beyond Today magazine.
by Vertical Thought
According to a recent Pew Internet and American Life Project finding, more Americans are getting their news from the Internet than from newspapers or radio.
by Cecil Maranville, John Ross Schroeder
Young adults have found another substance to give them a rush, but it's rushing some to their graves. Ever vulnerable to the unscrupulous pushers of potions, young people in their late teens and early 20s are buying laughing gas to get...
by John Ross Schroeder, Melvin Rhodes
The Financial Times tells us that "in the US and the UK, household debt has reached a record level as a percentage of disposable income."
by John Ross Schroeder, Melvin Rhodes
According to an article in The Washington Times, "most Americans believe the Bible is more factual than newspapers, but find their daily newspaper easier to read."
by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
The World Bank, predicting that the incidence of AIDS is about to explode in India, China and Eastern Europe, advocates an aggressive prevention program to include more-widespread condom distribution and needle exchanges for drug users.
by Cecil Maranville
Why do people use cocaine, in spite of the widespread knowledge of its dangers? What are the costs, both to the individual user and to our society? None of us is immune to the clutches of cocaine.
by Cecil Maranville, Darris McNeely
Where will the next big terrorist strike occur?
by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
Much of the population in South Africa is very unhappy with the present government's progress in closing the poverty gap.
by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
According to a recent UN report, the illegal-drug industry generates $400 billion to $1 trillion in revenues and accounts for 8 percent of global trade-an industry larger than sales of iron or steel and almost as great as oil and gasoline...
by Cecil Maranville, Peter Eddington
Warring couples in Britain can now end their marriage quickly and cheaply-using the Internet.
by Amanda Stiver
A new technology and a new era of the "printed" word.