What is longer than an elephant’s pregnancy and just as painful? It’s an American election cycle and it feels like a mental ‘wedgie’ on steroids. When we say the words ‘election season’ do we get that burning feeling in the pit of our stomach as if it were a side effect from some drug we […]
Here, have a drink!
Florida’s water quality standards have not been upgraded in 24 years. Lately, there has been a lot of negative press about bacteria laden toxic algae blooms. These toxic blooms are making Floridians sick, closing beaches and damaging the economy. In spite of those conditions, regulators would like to allow more toxic chemicals to flow into […]
Spring cleaning: boon or bane?
Hail Spring! Now where’s my nasal spray? Spring-cleaning is the time when we start tripping over the piles we’ve accumulated all winter. Who started this? I’m sure it was the cave people. When the winter freeze was over and old bison parts would thaw, you knew it was time to clean because the cave would […]
Does the left hand know who the right hand is lashing?
Saudi Arabia King Abdullah decided to allow women in the oil rich kingdom to participate in elections and run for ‘office’. As a result, at least 19 Saudi women have won seats on local municipal councils for the first time in the country’s history but it men had not brought them to the polling place, […]