Vital Nature: Coal or oil?
Coal or oil? Pick your poison. The U.S.’s dash for gas has inadvertently spurred a boom of coal consumption globally. I’m sure you’ve heard of hydraulic fracking, a process that …
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Vital Nature: High-strung seas
On May 23 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center forecasted an “active,” or “extremely active” hurricane season this year, which begins June 1. During the upcoming six-month …
The Weekly World: Two Obamas?
My appreciation for some of President Obama’s policies is a veritable wellspring of debate and disagreement with some of my more conservative friends. I frequently cite his soaring defense of …
Vital Nature: Bugs for dinner
The U.N. is fighting hunger, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions all in one shot. But this force of this triple-threat may be hard from some to swallow—entomophagy. OK, so …
Vital Nature: Metro budget cuts
King County’s Metro is projected to face tremendous budget shortfalls in 2014, with route reduction and deletions that will affect two out of three routes. Metro depends on sales tax …
The Weekly World: In defense of courage
In 1963, Stanley Milgram verified with empirical observation what historians and philosophers have postulated for centuries. In his experiments on obedience to authority, he found that 65 percent of …