Should we retire retirement? With 43% of Americans having $10,000 or less in retirement savings, and 27% with less than $1000, it is obvious that many people do not think for the future. In fact, recent research on people’s brains shows a tendency toward the use it or lose it mentality extending to people’s money [...]
Who decides what is beautiful? Is the old saying that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” true? It certainly seems that at least in America, the standard of beauty is white, female, white-blonde hair, large breasts, pouty lips, and a thin, tanned body. But is that what beauty truly is or is that [...]
The other night something attacked our chickens. In addition to all the things that you think about when you are dealing with an attack like this, came some thoughts comparing the lives of chickens with humans. While somewhat strange, I think there are quite a few comparisons.
Secure chickens in cages
The huge poultry industry claims that keeping [...]
There is really no getting around it anymore. We (in all industrialized countries and now many, many developing nations) are addicts. Oil addicts. And like most addicts, we try and deny and lie and say there is no problem. It feels too good. It is too easy. We don’t want to work hard to do the [...]
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