By sage, on August 13th, 2010%
I believe every story has two sides… at least.
If you are truly interested in agriculture and the effects of GMO’s, I highly recommend you spend some time on the Monsanto blog itself. They are very open to allowing dissenting opinions and take a great deal of time and effort to make their case . . . → Read More: Monsanto and Haiti
By sage, on August 12th, 2010%
Food is an incredibly important issue in our global society.
Take a look at the photo essay below and try to convince me that we aren’t insanely fortunate to have the food system we have here in the U.S.
Photo Essay: The End of Plenty
I’m sorry, but I’ve seen a lot of farm . . . → Read More: Food and Our World
By sage, on August 12th, 2010%
From Michael Totten’s Blog:Michael Totten » Hey Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone Take a look at the music video by Blurred Vision, an Iranian exile band based in Toronto. The song is a remake of “Another Brick in the Wall” by Pink Floyd, updated and changed ever so slightly to apply to Iran . . . → Read More: Another Brick In The Wall (Hey Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone!)
By sage, on August 2nd, 2010%
Check out this article. It’s from a scientist who thinks we can live forever:My bright idea: Aubrey de Grey on living longer | Science | The Observer
I’m all for it
By sage, on March 15th, 2009%
I follow the economic catastrophe at a variety of places. One blog I love is Calculated Risk.
Today, they link to an article by Roubini:
Calculated Risk: Roubini: “Reflections on the latest sucker’s rally”
People love Roubini because he pretty much called this economic situation spot on:
Nouriel Roubini – Wikipedia, the free . . . → Read More: Why I think we’re at the bottom
By sage, on March 10th, 2009%
It’s truly rare for me to get an extremely clear perspective from a news organization that has a total different point of view.
Educated Americans love to sight the BBC as “unbiased, unfiltered news.” It’s just news that fits with their own bias.
I just read this fascinating story about the Dalai Lama:
Dalai . . . → Read More: Dalai Lama’s utter distortion of Tibet history
By sage, on February 25th, 2009%
I’m really curious about this whole thing of some Republican Governors not accepting part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 a.k.a: stimulus package:
Jindal to refuse some stimulus money – Alexander Burns – POLITICO.com
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Friday that he will decline stimulus money specifically targeted at expanding state . . . → Read More: Jindal Is Wrong – Expanding State Unemployment Insurance Is Temporary
By sage, on February 25th, 2009%
Op-Ed Columnist – Paging Uncle Sam – NYTimes.com
This is a Thomas Friedman (“Hot Flat and Crowded”) piece. He is writing it from Asia. There are many, many Americans who often feel embarrassed by their country and fellow countrymen. One reason is because we are so self-obsessed that we hardly acknowledge there are . . . → Read More: America on Center Stage
By sage, on February 8th, 2009%
I fight with a known prejudice I have concerning this whole economic thing.
But I know I’m not the only one who does this. Factcheck.org points out an important fact:
Why all the uncertainty among first-rate economists? Well, for one thing, economists have very little data with which to work. There are plenty of . . . → Read More: My Prejudice
By sage, on February 6th, 2009%
February 6, 2009
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Barack Obama has announced that war against Winter has begun.
In his address at 0315 GMT Thursday, Obama said:
That every effort would be made to spare the lives of innocent civilians, But the campaign will be “broad and concerted” and will use “decisive force. No outcome . . . → Read More: Obama Declares War On Winter