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December 16, 2015

Must (absolutely positively) see this movie

Just saw The Big Short that chronicles the 2008 financial collapse through the stories of a small handful of people who realized what was happening to the U.S.

March 3, 2015

Sex And No Common Sense

We created a national crisis by not investing in birth control and family planning. We often do things that totally defy common sense, and when it comes to sex

January 28, 2015

Managing My Mind: A New Years Resolution

My mind is usually unmanaged. Within the boundaries of my memory and consciousness, thoughts arise, and memories flow. I worry about what I’m going to say to

January 6, 2015

Let’s Not Talk About Sex

In a recent New York Times editorial, Paul A. Offit Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Childre

December 11, 2014

Depriving pregnant women of liberty and justice

As we are seeing more states legalizing marijuana and same sex marriage, one may be led to believe our nation has discovered a progressive bent. Yet, gridlock h

December 1, 2014

Many, many thanks!

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. The only gift that’s required – is the giving of thanks. We can never have to many opportunities to re

November 18, 2014

And the rich keep getting richer!

It’s true. A picture is often worth a thousand words.   In Neil Irwin’s New York Times story he cites two charts from Thomas Piketty’s Capital i

October 28, 2014

Birth control pill turns male fish into females and led to near extinction of fish in lake

Reported by Aly Thomson in The Regina Leader-Post, the study, being published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, found that introducing small

October 21, 2014

Fairer Trade: Rubber Giant to Hear Villagers’ Complaints

More than 15 months after a Global Witness report revealed that Vietnam’s state-owned rubber giant, the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) had illegally cleared land

October 9, 2014

Five Reasons Why I Love Greenpeace

A couple of weeks ago, I finished our annual Board of Directors retreat at the Garrison Center north of New York City. The two days I spent with the staff and o

October 1, 2014

The Voice of Small Business Is Ringing True

There is still one thing both sides of the aisle agree on: Small businesses are great for the economy. After all, there are 23 million small businesses in the U

September 19, 2014

Making Shit Up

We live in confusing times. Desperate to believe that what we think we know to be true, is in fact, the truth. The alternative is much too scary – but ess