THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG
Most of you are familiar with the fairy tale about the goose that laid a golden egg.
It did so on a regular basis and brought a steady flow of wealth to its owner until it was disemboweled to get to the source. It died and produced no more golden [...]
DIPLOMACY & PUBLIC OPINION
In a democratic society, in which actions are taken based on decisions made not by individuals but by consensus, compromises are made until acceptable conclusions leading to action are accepted.
This seems obvious and should require no elaborate explanation of how democracy works.
However, the conclusions that are reached never satisfy all the parties [...]
Miss Smith enjoyed her job as a Third Grade teacher. The enthusiasm of the 8 year old’s made her work meaningful and exciting.
The one problem that she had though is that she was in a minority.
Her brother was a Marine on duty in Afghanistan. Her father had been a Marine in Vietnam and her grandfather [...]
HIMALAYAN GLACIERS
updated 5:25 a.m. EDT, Mon October 5, 2009
(CNN) — The glaciers in the Himalayas are receding quicker than those in other parts of the world and could disappear altogether by 2035 according to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
Wed Jan 20, 7:30 am ET
GENEVA – A U.N. warning that Himalayan glaciers were [...]
HURRICANES AND SUCH
I started this BLOG in November 2007 and it has been my intention to terminate it after two years. It’s not because I am bored with it or that I do not have sufficient material to continue it.
Life is full of choices and there are many priorities that clamor for attention:
E-mails [...]
