Opinions

The Environmental Working Group, a non-partisan research organization, released their findings from their study and analysis of umbilical cord blood of American babies. They found close to 300 chemicals, including […]

Any of you out there who commute to school every day, listen up; the state of Washington would very much like to add yet another toll to one of their […]

The casual phrase “it’s that time of year again,” betrays something of a cultural dismissal of the seriousness of the flu virus in the United States; ‘oh, it’s just the […]

The Oslofjord inlet of Tofte, Norway is currently home to not much more than a waterfront cellulose factory. Atop that coast also lies our world’s first osmotic energy plant which […]

It’s true that most of us gorge on tons of hors d’oeuvres, decadent roasts, seasonal vegetables and grandiose desserts when the winter holidays roll around, but what effect does giving […]

Martin Luther King Day is fast approaching. It is a day celebrated for the man – Martin Luther King, Jr. – who passively fought for the rights of African Americans […]

Coming to school after a long and hopefully relaxing Christmas Break, talking about politics, law and freedom may seem to be kind of an agonizing prospect; perhaps not unlike being […]

In The Seattle Times and on Twitter; on CNN and on the lips of that news-obsessed friends always talking about politics, just about everyone seems to be obsessing over it.  […]

In the United States, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day and Thanksgiving Day are amongst the biggest holidays and traditions celebrated. Seems to me the US celebrates most of its […]

British Petroleum, the British cyclopean oil corporation that held its eye open for nothing but cash and oil, pleaded guilty on Nov. 15 to 14 felony counts tied to the […]

We all know how much tuition has gone up in recent years.  Even between fall and winter quarter of this school year, tuition has jumped a few hundred dollars for […]

Most people have heard of the “Polar Bear Plunge” – a freezing dip into lake and ocean waters that chills you to the bone… and perhaps other, more sensitive parts […]

There are many conflicts going on right now. In Syria, at least 40,000 people have been killed in a bloody civil war.  In Gaza, a tenuous peace has only just […]

Coffee beans are largely harvested and distributed commodity crop exchanges. The two most commonly grown and commutated coffee beans around the world are the Arabica and Robusta species. Arabica beans […]

In his novel “A Dance with Dragons,” George R. R. Martin says, “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” Reading […]

While reading about the ongoing and escalating conflict in Gaza, I was reminded briefly of an old German advertisement skit in which two couples are walking towards each other in […]

In Germany, it was the mysterious visage of imagined ancient Nordic supremacy, a chiseled face both beautiful and determined, intricate and hard.  In Japan, it was the compelling vision of […]

La Niña, which is defined as colder than average sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern topical Pacific Ocean that impact global weather patterns, has ended. What may come next […]

The word “tilth” has dug its roots into traditional agriculture. It is used to describe the condition of tilled soil in respect to propriety for sowing seeds. It is a […]