Feminism: Changing Direction

As in many other places, in America there is a separation between feminist women and all other women. The feminists have contempt for other women, seeing them as "breeders" and victims, whereas the other women see feminists as being mean-spirited and out of touch. There needs...

10 Dumbest Things Fox Said About Climate Change In 2012

In contrast to official temperature records showing a consistent warming trend, Fox Business reporters have claimed that the "temperature basically hasn't changed much since the ice age" and that it's actually "getting colder." Fox News figures have also denied the scientific...

Clean Energy: Health and Responsibility

Clean energy is a matter of health, and it is also a matter of responsibility.Health means that it doesn't negatively impact either people's health or that of the planet. Dirty energy causes vast negative impact on both. Whereas with clean energy, nothing is polluted and no...

Intellectuals, America and the French

There is an ongoing hatred against intellectuals among the conservative constituents in America. There is a problem with that stance, and it is this: America was founded by intellectuals such as Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin. Which means that for Americans to be...

Antarctica: It’s Getting Hot at the Bottom of the Planet

One of the big environmental stories of 2012 was the record melting of sea ice in the Arctic, which reached its smallest extent this summer since satellite data began being kept in the late 1970s. But it’s not the Arctic alone that’s reacting to manmade climate change by...

Secrets of Chinese herb revealed

SCIENTISTS have offered a molecular-level explanation for how a Chinese herbal medicine used for more than 2000 years tackles fever and eases malaria. The herb is an extract of the root of a flowering plant called blue evergreen hydrangea, known in Chinese as chang shan and...

Narcissus and Chamomile

Narcissus and chamomile look a lot alike; but their character is very different. Narcissus is firmly self-centered; chamomile is compassionate and soft. Together they make one task complete: Finding and sharing the water.Narcissus finds his way to the water - which,...

Medical Elitism and Alternative Medicine

Artists are frequently accused of being elitists; but the most elitist group in America I've found to be the doctors. It's understandable why doctors in America would be elitist. The length, rigor and expense of medical education makes it accessible to only a very small...

Conman's Totalitarianism and Real Freedom

A lot of people in America constantly attack the government for supposedly being a source of oppression. There is a problem with that stance. In America, the government is not the source of oppression. In America, the government is official and subject to check, balance and...

Innovator and Bureaucrat

The innovator and the bureaucrat are frequently hostile to one another. There is a reason why. The innovator thinks for himself. He has to; it is his intelligence - as distinct from that of another - that makes it possible for him to innovate. The bureaucrat thinks party...