Two Broken Ankles
Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in Animal Cruelty, Society | No Comments »William C. Rhoden begins his piece in this Sunday's The New York Times by asking, "Why do we keep giving thoroughbred horse racing a pass? Is it the tradition? The millions upon millions invested in the betting?" I'm going to ...
What’s the Point?
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 Posted in Energy, Environment, Responsibility, Society, Technology | 6 Comments »Thomas Friedman's, "Doha and Dalian," piece from last Wednesday's New York Times is depressing, for sure, but also capitulating. His message to Americans: there's no point of buying hybrids or using compact fluorescent light bulbs since energy-consuming development in Asia is ...
Greening the Homeless
Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in Housing, Ideas, Society | 3 Comments »In, "Rev. Larry Rice goes green in Dutchtown," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Tim Townsend tells us of the Reverend's plans to open "a center that would assist the homeless by giving them skills in the burgeoning field of renewable energy." One ...
America’s Corn-Based Idiocy
Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Politics, Society, Technology | 1 Comment »Please remain calm and in a single-file line or we'll Taser you until you wet yourself. I'd like to share with you an editorial from the International Herald Tribune, a New York Times outfit but still a decent clear-headed international ...
Tailgating on the Lots of Cooler, Meatless States
Thursday, September 13th, 2007 Posted in Design, Energy, Society, Transportation, Vegetarianism | No Comments »It's football season, which is great because the Cardinals have decided to check out. The following is related, in a green way. I swear . . . a lot. ----- One of my regular readers commented on my last post with a ...
