The word “Polio” was once among the most frightening words a parent could hear. Children who had been perfectly healthy … More
Category: Environment
Pointless Argument
The former NFL football player, Bubba Smith, died this week. After his football career he acted in the Police Academy … More
Obama and Jobs
The June, 2011 job figures showed very weak job creation and the unemployment rateĀ is now at 9.2%. Another, more comprehensive … More
The Real War
The Animal Planet cable network has been running the program Whale Wars. The show traces the action of a group … More
The Jilted Voter
The “Tea Party” voters are people who have been jilted by one of America’s major political parties and never felt … More
Fire and the Wheel
The first two major inventions, or skills, mankind acquired were fire and the wheel. The first epitomizes the ability to … More
Where to Cut
President Obama named a “Deficit Commission” headed by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson. They failed to come up with the … More
Clean and Dirty
Political choices and policies have consequences. The choices made in the last 40 years have had serious consequences for the … More
Global Warming – A Matter of Degrees
One of the factors in the vehemence of many political debates is the insistence on a simple yes-no answer when … More
The Environment and the Poor
A young lady I know was recently quoted in her high school yearbook saying she was concerned about the environment … More