Agriculture in the ‘burbs and exurbs’
Looks like the plummeting housing market has given a new lease of life to agriculture in the ‘burbs and exurbs.’ Related: “U.S. Farmers Reclaim Land From Developers,” by Robbie Whelan…
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Popular Music: The Ancients and the Moderns
…station, yet at the same time there is some good and worthwhile stuff being produced today. I like Coldplay, for example; in fact, their famous song Viva la Vida, coming…
Comments on the Film “The Descendants”
…Him of the tithe on my true income, and that I was not being a steward of what I really had. Trustfunders are prone to problems, the major ones being…
Civilian Conservation Corps
…inclusiveness, I would be glad to see another option for these young people. Related: “At-risk teens, young adults learn life skills from nature” by Patricia Leigh Brown, at California Watch…
How To Talk About Abortion in California: Accentuate The Positive
I think it’s OK to be pro-life in California politics. I am not planning to run for office. The notorious Oscar Wilde is rumored to have said, “The problem with…
The Garbage City
…part of the recycling work, and a month ago, after the Revolution, an Islamist mob attacked the Garbage City and people were killed. Life is riskier now for the Copts,…
Life in the Slow Lane
Our infrastructure has been squeezed between resistance to raising taxes on the one hand, and welfare demands on the other. Related: “Life in the Slow Lane” by The Economist…
The Changing Meanings of the Word ‘Passion’
…life is! And hopefully your ‘passion’ will line up in some way with your talents, or you have a real problem. Unless you subscribe, that is, to the American philosophy…
Sex-selection Abortion In Asia
…You do not hear much of sex-selection abortion in countries that were formerly Christian; a proper respect for women – indeed a little bit exaggerated in post-Christian times – is…
Tort Reform and Avoiding Lawyers: Good and Bad Ways To Do It
…doing their own tort reform, according to this report from The American Prospect, is to demand agreement to arbitration as a condition of doing business or being hired. And whatever…