When we compare the good result of the water-landing of Flight 1549 with the indiscriminate "collateral damage" occurring in Gaza, we can only conclude one thing: American lives are much more important than Palestinian lives. After all, saving those 155 American lives was "miraculous," according to American media reports (listen…
I enjoyed seeing video of this new solar plant up and running. It was great to see the new cost figures. It was a relief to see that even FOX news can get behind solar power and the President elect.
Japanese TV shows are legendary for coming up with wacky ideas. This one has to be the wackiest I've ever seen. I'm at a loss for words.
Erich's post about free college got me thinking: what if college and healthcare were both free? What if America's college-bound population -- the nation's intelligentsia -- could seriously consider getting married and having children at the same young age that the rest of the population tended to reproduced? What if…
Over the recent holiday I was fortunate to find several good films on DVD at my local public library. One I have just mentioned -- The Ox-Bow Incident. Another is a trilogy about evolution, produced by the BBC. The films are titled, "Walking with Monsters," "Walking with Dinosaurs," and "Walking…