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Hallogreen

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 Posted in Agriculture, Animal Cruelty, Children, Climate Change, Transportation | No Comments »

I know, tacky subject line. If you don't like it start writing your own freakin' blog. Two months left in 2007 and the ghouls and goblins of global warming are alive and well. A couple of victories against coal have ...

School Lunches

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 Posted in Children, Education, Responsibility, Society, Vegetarianism | No Comments »

A short article by Carolyn Tuft published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch yesterday highlights the inadequacy of school lunches offered in many major cities in the U.S. I've reproduced the entire article here, without permission, since it would take longer ...

Curse of the Superpower?

Thursday, February 15th, 2007 Posted in Children, Government, Responsibility, Society | No Comments »

A former and current hegemony are under scrutiny for being the two worst places in the entirety of the industrialized world to raise children. According to the report, published by UNICEF, "Britain came in last, only slightly behind the U.S., ...