Archives for April, 2009

Live simply so that others may simply live Mahatma Gandhi As this blog will attempt to eviscerate the ‘live simply’ mantra, it is fortunate that many people dispute whether Gandhi actually originated this famous tautology. Found on bumper stickers and tee shirts everywhere, the ‘live simply’ message is itself simple: make do with less material [...]

2009 may be remembered as the year the traditional newspaper died. Nearly every daily is experiencing sharp distribution losses as well as advertisement revenue losses. Many papers have shut down or are threatening to shut down. As this blog pointed out, much of the papers’ troubles are self inflicted. Most dailies are woefully biased towards [...]

one of many Coexist bumer sticker designs the original Coexist Art Glance at the rear quarter of many Prius and Subaru cars and you might see the popular “Coexist” message, spelled with the iconography of many of the world’s religions. A Jerusalem contemporary art museum started the movement, which has been co-opted by any number [...]

DDT, Silicone Breast Implants, Alar, Dietary Salt, Radon, Asbestos, Drinking Water Arsenic, Irradiated Food, and Cell Phone Radiation are all examples of irresponsible scares foisted on the public by self proclaimed scientists and government experts. The innumerable studies showing something is either bad or good, only later to be repudiated, attest to the fact that [...]