Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder, is a broad term for any drinking of alcohol that results in mental or physical health problems. The disorder was previously divided into two types: alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence. In a medical context, alcoholism is said to exist when two or more of the following conditions is present: a person drinks large amounts over a long time period, has difficulty cutting down, acquiring and drinking alcohol takes up a great deal of time, alcohol is st
June 19, 2015. Scott Olson/Getty Images. Of the many interesting details in The Guardian's big profile of Sen. Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed socialist running a dark horse presidential primary campaign against Hillary Clinton, this one stuck out: Sanders' 1988 honeymoon with his wife Jane in the former Soviet Union.
Bernie Sanders paid 13.4% federal income tax on over $200k income last year. As you file your taxes today, ponder how Bernie Sanders and his wife Jane want income taxes to go up on higher-income folks but managed to pay only a 13.4% effective rate on over two hundred grand of income, according to the 2014 tax returns he released Friday.