Unhealthy ideals lead to body issues
SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE Recently, Keira Knightley posed topless in a magazine spread as a cheeky protest against excessive photo retouching. Her only request to...
‘Christmas creep’ pushes consumers away from stores
SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE “For every Christmas tree lit before thanksgiving, an elf drowns a baby reindeer,” tweeted comedian Zach Galifianakis. While his message is...
Rays’ move to Hillsborough needs to start now
SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE The Tampa Bay Rays have been the model of winning with a low budget since former general manager Andrew Friedman and...
Physician-assisted death is a necessary right
Brittany Maynard, who became the face of the right-to-die movement following her diagnosis with a stage 4 malignant brain tumor, died on Saturday by assisted...
The ‘pinkwashing’ of breast cancer awareness
SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE Lung cancer — not breast cancer — is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in American women, according to the Centers...