St. Patrick’s Day Spring is in the air, and the first of Spring’s holidays is almost upon us, St. Patrick’s Day. Mardi Gras has come and gone and we are in the midst of Lent, 40 days of sacrifice and renewal. But in the middle of that comes a moment of complete self-indulgence, at [...]
The Year of the Black Water Dragon The Chinese New Year began on January 23rd and we have entered the Year of the Black (Water) Dragon. Since that day some pretty major weather systems have moved around the Northern Hemisphere. If you have been watching the sky, then you know that there were major [...]
Culture of Fear I work in an academic environment, and you would think that environment would one of a Culture of Respect. We are all trained researchers and as such should have a healthy respect for the quest for truths based on facts and data and honest, even if hard, questions. Instead what [...]
Ah, the times have changed. I have been a loyal customer of the company Burt’s Bees for nearly 20 years. I started buying the products back in the day when the company was new, the idea behind the product was revolutionary, and I was changing my life to match new ideals about the environment, [...]
I don’t often find myself in agreement with an ultra conservative like Rick Perry, but today I found myself agreeing with him. He pointed out that the minister who slammed Mitt Romney for being a Mormon, all in defense of Perry’s campaign, was going off on a religious limb that Perry didn’t want to follow. [...]
All Hallow’s Eve; that is the way it has come down to us since historical times in Northwest Europe. For the Roman Catholic Church it became an abomination of what they considered unholy and downright evil; all those non-Christian pagans out there, celebrating death and darkness.
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