Energy Wars: Why Wait Until Gas Hits $10 a Gallon?
Sustainable energy expert details national plan of action There’s a lot of moaning and hand-wringing whenever gasoline prices approach $4 a gallon. But all it would take for … Read more
Blogs
Various blogs, featuring humor, oddities, news and interesting items.
What Does Wisconsin See in Scott Walker?
Scott Walker’s big-money backers, including the Koch brothers, are making a mockery of this once proud, citizen-powered state, and pulling the wool over the eyes of much of … Read more
Decoration Day
When I was a boy growing up in Sacramento Grandmother didn’t call it Memorial Day. She always referred to the holiday at the end of May by its older name, Decoration Day. It was the day we went to put flowers on my mo…
Dick Cheney Proposes ‘Duels, Not Debates,’ Wows NRA
Just when you thought Dick Cheney couldn’t top himself for thinking way out of the box, he comes up with another great idea, at least in the eyes … Read more
Insight on Cartoonists: Nick Downes (The New Yorker)
To navigate life’s all-too-frequent stumbling blocks successfully, it’s necessary to learn how to accept the downs as well as the ups. But at the New Yorker magazine (still … Read more
Truck Spills Thousands of Gallons of Beer, Obama Declares Day of Mourning
A semi truck carrying thousands of gallons of beer overturned in Volusia County early Tuesday morning, spilling beer over the northbound lanes of I-95. Police say hundreds of … Read more
Four Men Dressed In Panda Suits
…and it’s not a photo from a furry convention. It is a group of researchers transferring a giant panda to a new location. The researchers are trying to expose the pandas to as little human influence as possible. When they have to…
Noblesse Oblige (See Below)
Rankin Paynter, who owns a jewelry exchange business in Northern Kentucky, was poor as a child. Now he feels for the customers who come to him because they have fallen on hard times.
“There are a lot of needy familie…
A Frog Eats the Sun
There’s something about the quality of diminished light from an eclipse that is unlike almost anything else. It is different from overcast or smoke or smog. Perhaps that contributes to the eerie feeling that accompanies the sense of wonder.
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Yet Another Reason Why Iceland Rocks
I never really paid that much attention to Iceland until they resolved their financial crisis my creating a new government and constitution, jailing their bankers, defaulting on the debt, and starting over. (Their economy has steadily im…
