Everybody has heard about recycling at this point, but some people are still on the fence about it. They see recycling as an unnecessary hassle instead of an ecologically-necessary practice. Well, for any naysayers, here are some facts about how …
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A friend of mine suggests raising taxes on the super-rich and investing the proceeds into programs designed to lift people out of poverty. Of course, this is not a novel idea; in fact, Warren Buffett wrote an op-ed in the …
We have a few readers here who regularly give me a hard time for being so venomous re: the things I perceive as evil. They tell me, among other things, that it’s self-defeating because it tends to alienate people. I …
Here are some comments on writing that I wanted to share: It’s the birthday of poet and essayist Percy Bysshe Shelley, who told us, “Do it now — write nothing but what your conviction of its truth inspires you to write.”
When I was asked to speak at the MIT Enterprise Forum on “green business” a couple of months ago, I took my usual tack in such situations, i.e., getting my audience to examine its thinking on the larger issues associated …
It goes without saying that Edgar Allan Poe was a unique figure in world history. In particular, Poe, best known today for his macabre short stories, was by all accounts a most mysterious and terrifying person. Here’s an article exploring the …
Ask anyone what the answer to our rapidly decreasing pool of resources is, and they’ll say one word. Sustainability. Full sustainability will allow our planet to be self sufficient, and no longer reliant on the pool of foods and fuels …
A quick talk with a friend who writes: Craig: You might be interested in this impressive technology. Craig: No offense, but war machinery doesn’t impress me, regardless of how advanced.
Cars are widely assumed to be bad for the environment: they guzzle gas like teenagers drink soda, they release pollutants into the atmosphere, and they utilize vehicle fluids that are harmful to plants, animals and humans alike. However, minimizing the …
On this, the birthday of Ernest Hemingway, it’s a good time to remember a piece of repartee between him and his contemporary, William Faulkner on the subject of writing: Faulkner, speaking of Hemingway: ‘He has never been known to use a …
