Yes, you could continue on your merry way, spending money on the wrong types of things for all the wrong reasons. We've all done this. But we don't have to keep doing things this way. To give you an assist, you can get some ideas and inspiration from New American Dream. It…
Today, the following Associated Press article was run on page-19 of my local newspaper (the St. Louis Post-Dispatch):
An epic drought in Georgia threatens the water supply for millions. Florida doesn’t have nearly enough water for its expected population boom. The Great Lakes are shrinking. Upstate New York’s reservoirs have dropped to record lows. And in the West, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is melting faster each year.
Across America, the picture is critically clear — the nation’s freshwater supplies can no longer quench its thirst.
The government projects that at least 36 states will face water shortages within five years because of a combination of rising temperature, drought, population growth, urban sprawl, waste and excess.
“Is it a crisis? If we don’t do some decent water planning, it could be,” said Jack Hoffbuhr, executive director of the American Water Works Association, based in Denver.
Water managers will need to take bold steps to keep taps flowing, including conservation, recycling, desalination and stricter controls on development.
The price tag for ensuring a reliable water supply could be staggering. Experts estimate that just upgrading pipes to handle new supplies could cost the nation $300 billion over 30 years.
“Unfortunately, there’s just not going to be any more cheap water,” said Randy Brown, utilities director for Pompano Beach, Fla.
Truly, this is a major story; our country is running out of a critically important resource. Combine that lack-of-water news, though with the equally unreported news that the world is running out of …
Senator Bernie Sanders writes that the American Middle Class is being decimated. He cites some interesting numbers. Here's a couple shockers: Robert Frank, a Wall Street Journal reporter, has detailed the lives of the rich and famous in the book Richistan. He writes that households with a net worth of…
According to this article at Alternet ("The War on Pot: America's $42 Billion Annual Boondoggle") we should "regulate marijuana just as we do beer, wine, and liquor." Why? Consider the human toll: The new FBI stats show an all-time record 829,627 marijuana arrests in 2006, 43,000 more than in 2005. That's like…
What's the preferred treatment for Major Depressive Disorder? According to this study by a large team of researchers, anti-depressant medication and exercise led to comparable results. The exercise consisted of 10 minutes of warming up, then 30 minutes of jogging or brisk walking, enough to get to 70% of maximum heart…