Monthly Archives: June 2001

More veggie stuff: People, not technology, are the key to ending hunger. “We’re shrinking the world’s food supply for one reason: The hundreds of millions of people who go hungry cannot create a sufficient ‘market demand’ for the fruits of … Continue reading →

Eating more veggies can help save energy. “Washington state, Oregon and California lose 17 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity to livestock production. With this kind of power, every home in the United States could leave the lights on for a month … Continue reading →

Informal discussions on a compromise Kyoto Protocol have begun . “If the treaty is ratified without the US, it will be a major embarrassment to Bush, Hampton says. ‘If not only the EU but Japan comes on board, Bush’s position … Continue reading →

“Judith Scott, a fifty-five year old woman with Down’s syndrome, has spent the last ten years producing a series of totally non-functional objects which, to us, appear to be works of sculpture, except that the notion of sculpture is far … Continue reading →

Tsk, Tsk. That’s what you get for not following your meat safety guidelines.

Doctors weigh in against antibiotics in animal feed.

Study finds fewer men holding doors for women. Research dollars well spent!

Hanover, N.H.: a town with Dartmouth among its lures

Microsoft uses open-source code despite denying use of such software.

In pig farming, growing concern “‘Animal producers will never convince the public that they care about their animals if they house them in stalls where they can’t turn around for months,’ said David Fraser of the University of British Columbia… … Continue reading →

Think Different… just not too different.

Tofu may lower lead levels in blood.

Regarding this, that article has it wrong. The Senate has never voted on the protocol because neither Clinton nor Bush ever submitted it for advice and consent. The 95-0 vote took place about five months before the protocol was even … Continue reading →

How apropos: Arsenic flap and ‘sound science’ “‘The Bush administration was right to junk the Clinton rules on arsenic,’ Cato’s Mr. Milloy says. ‘But now [EPA head] Christie Todd Whitman is going to do her own little junk science review. … Continue reading →

Remember Productopia? Well it’s back, but it sucks. Terrible site design, the reviews now only cover electronics, and there are no product rankings… it could not be less useful.