"Give me a nation with arrogant fruitsellers and meek politicians."– Paul Claudet Did you see the cloud shaped like Aladdin’s lamp over Allaben last Tuesday? A Letter Dear Sparrow: When I was a kid, I thought Popular Mechanics was a magazine profiling well-loved garage mechanics. J. T. Bumper sticker: I’M TOO LAZY TO LOOK UPTHE […]
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My fellow, patriotic Americans, Today, I speak to you as the President of the United States of America, your President, not as the Leader of the Free World. I want to talk to you about patriotism, about preventing terrorist attacks on our country and about how you can all be involved in our War […]
Last Night at the Ship Inn
“We loved Vancouver,” said Angela, “especially its location with the sea and the mountains.” One of the wardens at the Blaxhall youth hostel, Angela, along with her husband Steve, had visited Vancouver in 2002 as part of their world-tour. “We only spent six weeks in Western Canada, visiting Banff, Jasper, and all the usual places,” she […]
Why Were Cloned Animals Declared Safe for Human Consumption by the FDA?
The FDA announced today that it would give preliminary approval to lift a five year-old, informal ban on including the meat or milk of cloned cattle, pigs and goats in the US food chain. Sheep remain off-limits until more evidence is produced. Should this decision remain in place, the United States would become the first […]
A book review
As if the Stern Report wasn’t enough to highlight the potentially cataclysmic nature of global warming, the UN has published its own book “Tore and the town on thin ice” for children. Tore, the protagonist, lives in an arctic village and enters a sled race. During the race he rides over thin ice, which breaks […]
Finding The Right Note
What is harmony? Harmony is most commonly used in musical language to describe a pleasing combination of melodies. It refers to two entirely separate entities that manage to complement one another and create an agreeable outcome. Harmony is also used to refer to things outside of music and is popular in describing relationships; to live […]