Larry David, on why you should help a bald brother out
I caught this video at Funny or Die:
Eating your front lawn
Why grow grass when you can eat your front yard? Grass is no longer cool, according to this article in Time: The problem, as [architect and founder Fritz] Haeg sees it, is that the "hyper-manicured lawn" is looking increasingly out of date. In the 1950s, when suburbia first began to…
Internet for everyone? Why not?
Here's a terrific article by Tim Karr of Free Press. Why not exert some intelligent political will and make certain that blistering high-speed broadband is available to anyone who wants it at a reasonable price? Karr's article comes with some disturbing statistics: Access to broadband today is held in the…
James Hansen: Put the CEO’s on trial for their destruction of our climate
Climate scientist James Hansen has recently argued that "fossil fuel "CEO's should be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature". Why? Because they know exactly what they are doing. They are profit-fueled deniers, just like those big corporations who still push cigarettes while denying the well-known strong link between…
Does money buy elections?
Does money buy elections? After reading this 2008 paper by "Just $6," you'll have no doubt. What is Just $6 about? Congress would only have to spend $6 per citizen per year to publicly fund each and every election for the House, the Senate and the White House. When you…