Spring, will have been incarcerated, a guest of Uncle Sam. It is said that he conspired to promote illegal gambling by setting up and operating an online money transfer business that serves the online gaming industry. 48 of the 50 States in the US operate gambling for their own revenue. The only two which do [...]

“It’s not in man’s destiny to destroy the Earth, that’s arrogance… the anti-biotic will come. What is in man’s destiny to do is destroy civilized man’s ability to live in harmony with the Earth… We need to develop a loyalty to our descendants.” -John Trudell
We need to develop a loyalty to our descendants. Think about [...]

With people of peace rightly being concerned about NATO intervention in Libya, I would like draw some distinctions both generally and also in  the particular case of Libya, that touch upon exactly what I think is wrong with the way things work in our world.  

 
If an individual in our country perpetrates a horror upon [...]

Faithful readers will recall that last issue this column moved into the recipe genre. Continuing on that fulfilling note, I am want to share some recipe ideas from the Middle East.
Our neighbor to the south, the self proclaimed “greatest country in the world” again provides us with ample evidence to the contrary. Their recipe for [...]

The Alberta government happily states on it’s web site  www.oilsands.alberta.ca/tailings.html that the tar sands tailing ponds “… are made up of natural materials including water, fine silts, left-over bitumen, salts and soluble organic compounds. They also include solvents that are added to bitumen during the separation process. Ponds are used to manage tailings [...]

After all the seriousness in our times it’s a relief to find something funny. Funny how Sarah Palin makes people feel alright about being ill-informed.  Funny how huge a portion of North Americans believe that Rush Limbaugh is a reliable source of information.
Funny on John Stewart when he showed clips of the last 8 US [...]