People aren’t working and consumers aren’t consuming Deflation is what has to happen as a part of the eventual recovery. We are still in a state of transformation and economic adjustment. When we come out the...
Is Michelle Obama a fashion icon already? In the old days it would take years for someone to achieve the status that the first Lady has attained. From top fashion magazines to TV shows, it seems everyone wants a piece of Michelle Obama. Is it just because of the slumping...
opinion by 7434be | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 397 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
(Note: All the images in this post are a selection of political illustrations I made in the past few months) Freeganism is an anti-consumerist lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies based on...
opinion by Ben Heine | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 420 views | 16 recommendations | 0 comments
As reported in Reuters Oddly Enough http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60Q49T20100127 Chinese lawmakers are proposing a nation-wide ban on eating dogs. Given how cruel some of the dog meat...
opinion by anarkissed | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 866 views | 4 recommendations | 4 comments
" What does an obituary writer learn about life from covering the dead? [Boston Globe] asked the Globe's Bryan Marquard, who has written nearly 800 obituaries since switching to that beat three and a half years...
Little Cumbrae, a small island in North Ayrshire, Scotland, is being converted into a yoga camp by Hindu yogis, and will now be known as Peace Island. India's most popular lifestyle guru Baba (Swami) Ramdev has blessed the purchase and conversion of the island, and was...
One month, 2,000 miles and countless friends later, Ryan Van Duzer is nearing Washington, D.C. on his two-wheeled, cross-country expedition. On June 20, Van Duzer departed from San Diego on a three-speed...
created by ESKCSG | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 205 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
" With his outrageous wit, clear disdain for figures of authority and openly homosexual lifestyle, Oscar Wilde is an unlikely pin-up for the Catholic Church. Persecuted and imprisoned for his sexuality, gay rights...
This has been an extremely dry spring in Alberta. The dry weather has fuelled wildfires early in the season. Three major fires were burning close to my home in May. Now we have major fires ...
Each morning the sun rises over the beautiful blue sea that laps this beautiful tropical island of Negros, that I now call home. The traffic builds up past my home as the lucky Filipinos that are...
Carbon Dioxide levels up - its bad - Methane is worse. Recently scientist reported that humans have not reduced thier carbon footprint on this planet. If anything, we are increasing. This will lead to a relase of a...
created by LilHoody | 4 years ago 1130 views | 44 recommendations | 8 comments
Emperor Hung-Vuong had many sons. Some pursued literary careers. Others excelled in martial arts. The youngest prince named Tiet - Lieu, however, loved neither. Instead, he and his wife and their children chose the countryside where they farmed the land. One day, toward the...
So, I am about to turn ‘The Big 40’...I always figured this would terrify me, but I'm weirdly excited. My daughter -Taylor is now 22 she is mature and responsible, and doesn't need my time much. So what now? I've identified as being “a Mom” for over 2 decades now, and...
opinion by NOTACOUGAR | 4 years ago 1125 views | 34 recommendations | 8 comments
A new report from the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research has found that roughly a third of common adult cancers in the US are preventable. Simply maintaining a healthy diet,...
created by Terri Potratz | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 467 views | 8 recommendations | 8 comments