kate

It seems to me that before Clinton, people might like or dislike a president, but none of the earlier presidents really got the type of hate that you find that people harbour about both Clinton or Bush (well, perhaps Nixon after Watergate). Or if they did, it was definitely a minority thing - I don't recall any books written about Ford, how he was a murderer and cheat, nor about Reagan, how he was an ignorant traitor - even if you might have thought that individually, there wouldn'lt have been a market. It seems that starting with Clinton the attitudes towards the presidency changed - or is it that the presidents attitudes changed?

I would like to hear your opinions on the change, or whether it even exists, and NOT on your personal opinions of either of the above-mentioned presidents.

I know it sounds like a stupid question, but I am quite serious. My father is 70 and his ears are definitely bigger than they used to be, my gran had huge ears, and every day I see old people that look like they have unusually big ears (although not all old people have this). I do not recall seeing ears that big in the same percentage of younger people? Can anyone explain this? Optical illusions or some visual (or mental) problem of mine?

Thanks for any serious answer.

I wonder whether there is a way to determine if the "near-death experiences" are caused by the brain running out of oxygen. If this was true, you'd expect all people to go through similar experiences since they'd be based in the biology of the brain.

In Western culture, there are a lot of stories from people who were revived after they were clinically dead. Usually there is a description of leaving the body, hovering over the body and then moving to a bright white lght. This seems accompanied by intense feelings of happiness, some feel they're being welcomed to the light.

I would like to know whether this experience is the same for people in other cultures - have the Chinese, Japanese, Indian , Arab or African the same near-death experience? I could not find any info on this; research in english or german only turns up western experiences.