March 2010
An ode to Earth Hour, excerpted from Lewis Lapham,...
“A religion still hidden, like the yeast in the measures of meal, in the secular disguise of environmentalism. The foundational metaphysics already have been incorporated into rituls of devout observance. The worshipful recyclings of eggshells; the eating of free-range chickens and organic heirloom tomatoes signifies the partaking in a feast of communion. Like the Councils of Nicaea and...
Mexico's Drug Wars Get Bloodier [with help from US...
When I asked him how his outfit smuggled drugs from Juárez to El Paso, he looked at me as if I were a child and said, “We use members of the Border Patrol and of the U.S. Army. via thedailybeast.com Posted via web from T H I N K | Comment »
Apparently this is what Rogers $60/month "Extreme"...
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Dogs That Detect Bedbugs
While experts cite a host of reasons for the upsurge, they agree on one thing: the bugs, which were mostly eradicated in this country at midcentury by now-banned pesticides like DDT but remained a constant scourge overseas, are finding their way back to the United States through an increase in global travel. via nytimes.com Posted via web from T H I N K | Comment »
