Awhile back the president announced his desire to rejuvenate the Space Program. Apparently, the plan is to have a station on the Moon by 2020 and people on Mars by 2030. And, this can all be done for $400,000,000,000. At the risk of sounding cynical I have to point out a conspicuous, but commonly overlooked […]

I worry about our food supply; it’s another of the necessities of life brought to us by the for-profit industry. Humans have essential needs such as food, water, housing and medical care. When these are delivered through a system inherently and necessarily forced to seek the least expensive process to ensure the most profit, it’s […]

Once in awhile someone does something beneficial for humans or animals or the environment. And once in a really long while someone does something beneficial for all life. This is extremely rare; but there is such a person. Strange—even though her contribution to all living things may be greater than that of, Einstein, Picasso, Lincoln […]

I recently read an article in a local paper regarding, ‘environmental educators teaching fear, not facts.’ The author seemed to trivialize the damage and potential damage to the planet and its inhabitants resulting from the way we live. This author was particularly hard on people who are teaching children about environmental problems, claiming it’s just […]