Bob Lange: On Looking at the Night Sky
The whale knows nought of the sequoia, who knows nought of the aspen, who knows nought of the plankton, who knows nought of what is called Jupiter nor cerebellum nor … Continue reading
Video: Watch 570 Million Years of Evolution on Earth In 60 Seconds
Long story short, we’re pretty new around here.
James Keye: Wake up to your Myths, America!
. I created this list of “American Myths” 25 years ago thinking that some significant part of the people would begin to understand them over time. What seems to be … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: The Rich
. And it came to pass there was no place left to pile the garbage, no place to live, so the rich pushed all the others into the outer darkness … Continue reading
Tim Parker: The True Cost Of Pharmaceutical Scandals
The term, “Big Pharma,” commonly describes large pharmaceutical corporations like Pfizer, Merck, GlaxoSmithKline and other large- and mega-cap companies. They pour billions of dollars into research to cure the world’s … Continue reading
3 New Studies: Vegan Diet Proves Effective for Health, Longevity, and Weight Loss
A Vegan Diet and Weight Loss: A vegan diet leads to the most weight loss, compared with other dietary patterns, according to a new study in the journal Nutrition. Sixty-three … Continue reading
Video: Alan Watts — Can we change the world?
In this 1971 video, philosopher Alan Watts talks about the problem with trying to change the world. — Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a … Continue reading
Michael Schwartz: The Great Game in the Holy Land
How Gazan Natural Gas Became the Epicenter of An International Power Struggle Guess what? Almost all the current wars, uprisings, and other conflicts in the Middle East are connected by … Continue reading
Mel Packer: Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Feb. 13 and 14 were “Global Divestment Days” devoted to the international movement calling for governments, universities and financial and religious institutions to divest from fossil fuels. In Pittsburgh, college students … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Post-Apocalyptic Studies — The Aftermath, Precis
Anthropologists concluded that in the period after they lost their electronics, they were forced to talk to one another and to spend long periods with nothing to amuse them except … Continue reading
Djelloul Marbrook: Sailing with Marcus Aurelius on an Ash Wind
Something is exquisitely compatible about sailing and Marcus Aurelius’s admonition to perform each act as if it were your last. The Stoic emperor of Rome is one of the few … Continue reading
Paula Marie Coomer: Why Vegan?
My husband Phil and I chose to go vegan in 2012 after two years of vegetarianism and after viewing a film called Forks over Knives. This documentary made famous The … Continue reading
Lauren McCauley: Forest Service OKs Fracking in Largest National Forest on East Coast
‘ The President can protect the climate and public health, or he can continue to promote fracking. He cannot do both. Threatening the water supply for millions of Americans, the … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Global-warming deniers are like those who defended slavery in the 19th century
On close inspection, the political and economic dynamics involving man-made global warming over the past 40 years resemble those of slavery in the United States from about 1790 until the … Continue reading →