Today: Battle of Titans -- Alabama vs. Penn State

The Kind of Guy I'd Like to Have on My Side

Newest Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta -- one of the few who lives to receive the Medal in person. Read what he did to earn the Medal here. That we might all be this selfless -- rescuing the wounded and captive in the heat of battle, whether physical or spiritual.

I Like NJ Gov. Chris Christie (So Far)

Earlier this week, NJ Gov. Chris Christie responded point-blank to a complaining teacher in a town-hall type meeting. (Watch the woman's roll-the-eyes head diss when Gov. Christie begins answering her question, and the response it brings from him. Finally, a leader who will stand up to the NEA!)

Atkins Diet INCREASES All-cause Mortality

Dr. Dean Ornish, long-time advocate of nutritional protocols for preventing heart disease, reports in the Huffington Post on a long-term study released in Harvard's Annals of Internal Medicine on the mortality rates of those following Atkins-type diets and those following plant-based diets.

85,000 women were followed for 26 years and 45,000 men for 20 years. In both groups, all-cause mortality was higher among those following an Atkins-type diet (high in animal protein, low in carbohydrates). All-cause mortality rates were lower in those eating a plant-based diet.

Ornish's concluding sentence: "To the degree that you move in a whole foods, plant-based direction, the better you're likely to feel and the healthier you're likely to become."

Read the short article here.