The Climate Debate: Beyond the Technicalities

by | Jan 9, 2007 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Remember when talking about the weather was a way to make polite conversation with someone you didn’t know well? I think that is why I kind of hesitated in posting something yesterday about the strange weather. But it’s dawning on everyone that it is a...

Catch-Up on Weather, Cloning, E.coli, and Pills

by | Jan 8, 2007 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

I wanted to catch up on a few things. But first…it’s difficult, if you live in the eastern U.S., not to be terrified about what’s happening to winter. Yesterday it was 69 degrees here in Boston, and throughout the Northeast, temperatures set...

Some Ideas for Reducing Our Pill Dependency

by | Jan 5, 2007 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

I’d like to follow up further on my Life Extension posting a few days ago, where I expressed disappointment with the way the organization uses research to aggressively sell nutritional supplements. Two issues came up in the comments.One is ethics, which are...

Food and Other Systems Out of Control

by | Jan 4, 2007 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

In business schools, students are taught that “the system is the solution.” I was reminded of that refrain while reading Dave Milano’s incisive comments (accompanying my “Musings of a Raw Milk Outlaw” posting a couple days ago) about the...