Grey Water

March 21st, 2012

By Shawn Dell Joyce
By conserving and reusing water, each one of us could make life easier and more healthful for 300 thirsty people a year.

Carrie’s Painting of the Week

March 21st, 2012

I hate the feeling of slipping, of the world going by me faster than I can manage.

Do GOP hopefuls prove Mencken right?

March 14th, 2012

By Michael Kaufman
H.L. Mencken said nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Are Rick Santorum and the other Republican office seekers proving him right?

Gigli’s Photo of the Week

March 14th, 2012

The Incas called the potato “papas,” as they do today.

Women and the GOP

March 13th, 2012

By Emily Theroux
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant predicted that because women liked Romney so much, he would emerge the victor in the Southern primaries.

Look! Marijuana, LSD, Booze and Sex

March 12th, 2012

By Bob Gaydos
I take a break from GOP politics to look at other weird stories. LIke, LSD to treat alcoholism.

Recalling the Famine

March 11th, 2012

By Shawn Dell Joyce
In other words, less emphasis on cheap food, more emphasis on nutrition.

One Death Among Many in Syria

March 10th, 2012

By Jeffrey Page
I looked at this little boy and found I was unable to turn the page.

Bounty Systems Could Kill the NFL

March 9th, 2012

By Bob Gaydos
Any business that knowingly allows its employees to seek to do harm to its most valuable assets and be rewarded for it, is on the road to self-destruction. What is a professional football league without its stars?

Enough is Enough from Rush!

March 7th, 2012

By Emily Theroux
I really don’t think anyone who has listened to the degrading, vicious, defamatory things that Rush Limbaugh has said about women and minorities for the past 30 years can let his verbal projectile vomiting or his weak excuses for his behavior go unchallenged this time.