Nice Shoes!

I found the following article interesting: First Lady Michelle Obama steps out in Lanvin sneakers and they’re only $540! While many of us are barely holding on during this recession there is always a few that remind us how poor we really are. Apparently the First Lady was volunteering at a food bank the other [...]

100% Problem Solving Nonsense

Helping Psychology explains how people need to come together to solve any kind of problem. It also tells that some people do not want to be involved in coming together to help solve a problem and conform to groups because they may not trust everybody in the group.  They also tell why if everyone was [...]

A Lack of Will

If you’ve been listening to NPR over the past week, you may have heard this interview with former New York Attorney General and governor, the disgraced Eliot Spitzer. No, they weren’t interviewing him to hound him about his time in the doghouse after the scandal of his patronage of a high-end prostitution ring (I believe [...]

Sustainability

In this article from Scientific American, Michael D. Lemonick discusses the Top 10 Myths About Sustainability. No, this isn’t an affront to environmentalism – it’s an article that seeks to define just what sustainability is, how it can (and can’t) operate, and how it can help. The concept of sustainability, the article points out, is [...]

No more sprinkles!!!

We as Americans are a society of consumers. I wonder just how dependent we are on commercial goods. Working for Starbucks and now Heritage it is amazing to see how people can become so furious if they aren’t able to have their mocha or a piece of lemon loaf. It seems to be that the [...]

Re: Five Reasons for Economic Optimism

I stumbled across an article in the March 16th issue of the TIME Magazine that brought up a couple of interesting points about the current economic situation in America. The author of the article, Justin Fox, talks about the good (or, at least, the fairly good) things that come out of any recession. Consequently, he [...]

What Comes Next?

Once again, with this year’s G-20 Summit coming up (and the abundance of material for protesting banners) political activists, environmental groups, but also regular people, are all meeting in London to “greet” international leaders.

Protesters gathering on Saturday were calling for jobs, fair distribution of wealth, and a low-carbon future. They carried banners and posters reading [...]

The Global impacts of Gov Bailouts

China is getting worried about the courses of action that the US government is taking about the US economy.  China is losing faith in the dollar, and appearently has been for several years.  They view the dollar as an unstable asset, and would like to see a seperate international monetary unit replace the dollar as [...]

Suicide Forest

Japan was already one of the top nations with a high suicide rate. Now with the economic situation, suicides have increased.  In the forest below Mt. Fuji, known as the suicide forest, there is now a prevention program in place due to the increase of suicides there. Signs are posted in the forest advertising help for credit card [...]

Show Me the Money!

It’s amazing in these tough economic times we still find individuals that just don’t have a clue how good they got it and have totally lost touch with reality. Marie Douglas-David couldn’t be a better example of this because according to the article Countess divorcing former CEO says $43M just isn’t enough Ms. Douglas-David is [...]

Capital Move Controversy

Capital move supporters argue that the capital is not accessible to the majority of the citizens in the state. Keeping it in the present location will “impose on future generations a capital at the extreme southeastern corner.” Capital move opponents argue that the state institutions are already fairly dispersed to promote economic growth for all [...]

Veni, Vidi, Vici

Apparently, the Republican Party of the United States has ended up in such a vacuum of leadership that the “undeclared” (but apparently very much acknowledged) chief of the GOP has become the quasi-comedic radical radio-host Rush Limbaugh. In one of his speeches on national radio, Limbaugh declared the following jaw-dropping statement:

If I wanted Obama to [...]

The World of Cell Phones

People in the world are becoming used to technology, even if it is a little cell phone that they can carry around. Excite.com reports taht 4.1 billion people in the world have subscriptions to cell phones. This is a a 4 billion person increase from 2002, when cell phones were just starting to get hot. I [...]

Economic woes

The area o fsocial science that I have focus the majority of my studies on have been anthropology, histroy and psychology.  I know enough about sociology to get in trouble.  But political science and economics are both alien to me in how they are different from other social sciences, especially economics; when I think about [...]

History of Columbia River’s Salmon Run

“Comparing today’s salmon population on the Columbia to those back in 1850 we’re lookin at an astounding 96 percent reduction,” writes Pat Hoglund in Salmon and Steelhead Journal, winter 2009.

One-Child Policy in China

So what are everyone’s thoughts on this action?  If you are ethnic Han living in urban China you are only allowed one child.  If you have more than one you will be fined an amount determined by the government.  It also seems that in some cases abortion is pressured and sterilization is forced.
The rule has [...]

Taku in Danger!

150 years ago, if you wanted to protect some geographic location, you kept your mouth shut about it; for if anyone knew about possible resources to exploit-they would.  Now, if you want to protect something you have to shout from the roof tops, “Hey! Look over here! Corporations are looking to molest this resource indefinitely!” 
Perhapes some of you went [...]

Help Wanted – Must be Mentally Disabled

The United States current economic situation has been a popular topic in the media. Corporate America has responded with massive layoffs and nationwide store closures in order to trim expenditures. However, according to a recent article Mentally disabled workers found in squalor it appears that one company Henry’s Turkey Service predicted this economic slump 20 years [...]

Is This Really A Recession?

The newly appointed Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, made her first visit overseas as chief diplomat, to one of the most valuable US partner in financial matters, Japan. This happened on the same day that the $787 billion stimulus package has been signed by Obama. In his remarks, the president noted [...]

Economic Stimulus Package

Quite honestly, I hate politics and I hate economics. Reading about the economic stimulus package almost infuriates me. There was an article on the front page of yahoo today: How the Economic Stimulus Plan Could Effect You. I couldn’t help but read it. My biggest issue is why are we creating a stimulus package that [...]

Trying to Live on 500k in New York City

I just heard a discussion on the radio of this article:  You Try to Live on 500K in This Town, which appeared in the NY Times recently. 
At first I thought it was more of a satire, who could possible not be able to live on 500k???  However when you start adding it up….
PRIVATE school: $32,000 [...]

Roe v. Wade

I ran across a fellow WordPress blogger’s post discussing “How to Stump Anti-Abortionists With One Question” and figured the timing is especially appropriate for some reflection on the topic (not the topic of how to stump Anti-Abortionists, silly, the topic of abortion) on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, while the annual Pro-Life Rally is being held on the [...]