Thanks to BostonGal for this wonderful article on solar cookers. Here in Arizona, we talk a lot about this kind of technology, since we have 330 days of sunshine per year, and I have seen similar projects in India and parts of Asia. What strikes me in this article is the link between [...]
For a long time Marti and I have talked about me starting up another blog, an anonymous one so I can stop pissing off my various family members by talking about politics. It is also a bit dodgy to talk about finances on a known blog, for obvious reasons, so a few weeks ago [...]
From Barak Obama, senator from Illinois:
The pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I’ve got news for them, too. We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don’t like federal agents poking around our libraries in the [...]
I believe in feminism; I believe in women having rights. But road signs that eliminate sexism? I don’t think this is the sort of thing to worry about. Let’s focus on something a bit more substantial; spousal abuse, perhaps?
Riverbend, a nameless woman in Iraq, writes:
The thing most worrisome about the situation now, is that discrimination based on sect has become so commonplace. For the average educated Iraqi in Baghdad, there is still scorn for all the Sunni/Shia talk. Sadly though, people are being pushed into claiming to be this or that because political [...]
