Ken Lay and the Great Equalizer

Lay's death shows life is simply fleeting. A big shot for a time is forgotten about in little time. Nothing like one's freedom.

World War Three

Recent events in, and around, Israel and in India only serve to reinforce my belief that we are in the midst of World War Three.

Hezbollah and Lebanon, United In Their Hatred of Jews

The conflict in the Middle East intensified when Hezbollah entered Israel and kidnapped two Israelis. The Lebanese government has claimed that it is powerless to stop Hezbollah from firing rockets into Israel and is not responsible for its actions.

Controlling Our Lives Through Ratings and Quotas

Computers have made it easy to get the results of surveys and keep statistics of imposed quotas. Corporate Aliens are increasingly using ratings and quotas to harass their employees in the interest of efficiency.

Death Penalty: Old Sparky Pushed Me Off The Fence

I've been on the fence for a long time about the death penalty. Not anymore.

Four Things That Would be Too Good to be True

There are least five things that will never happen in my lifetime because they would simply be too good to be true. These things are: cable TV subscriptions sold on an a-la-carte basis, a federal sales tax replacing the federal income tax, the election of a Libertarian president, and a major league sports franchise coming to Virginia.

A Simple Solution

Abstract. This article offers a simple solution to two big problems we face today: global warming and active volcanoes.

Tropical Hurricane Chris Could Cause Catastrophic Chaos and Catastrophe

The 2006 Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season is about to get underway and it will be a significant season although it got off to a late start. Perhaps, it will not be as bad as the 2005 Atlantic tropical hurricane season, but we will see some significant hurricanes. Next up to bat is Hurricane Chris and Hurricane Chris could be a catastrophic category hurricane causing severe chaos and catastrophe.

West Coast Weather Ten Times Better than East Coast Humidity

Here on the west coast of the United States the weather is so much better than on the East Coast and much of this is due to the high humidity on the East Coast in the summertime. Many people on the east coast are quite arrogant about where they live and yet when they travel to the west coast for the first time they are quite humbled by the credibly great weather compared to where they live.

Cultures

Culture shock; is a personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life. Different from what we thing and know; only humans rely on culture rather than instinct to ensure the survival of their kind, in short, only humans rely on culture and ways of life

Part-Time Principles: The Moralaity of Stem Cell Research and the Bush Administration

In vetoing stem cell research, President Bush opened his own Pandora's Box of moral and ethics problems within his Administration.

Better India, Prosperous South Asia

No one can deny the fact that India makes up the majority of South Asia by landmass and population, and that’s why better India makes better South Asia. But this is only applicable if India’s brilliant glow were spread over its one billion-plus population, in which case the economic and social revival in its thousand manifestations would also extend across the subcontinent and outlying regions.

The Heat is ON, but the Power is Off in California

Heat waves in July 2006 in California killed 80 people due to blackouts. It was considered one of the worst heat waves in California in over 20 years. But California is not the only place where high heat is killing people. There have also been a number of deaths in France.

Flowers in Purgatory: Today’s Prisons Going Green

It's not surprising that Tony Perez enjoys his time in the garden. “It’s wonderful … to watch it grow from nothing to something ... ,” said Perez. “It allows you to get your mind thinking about what’s next in life.” It is surprising where the garden is located -- in the Purgatory Correctional Facility in Utah, where Perez is an inmate...

Dinner With The Great Satan

But Iran is not invited ...