Global Warming

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Although An Inconvenient Truth is a great movie (IMO) it wasn't the first to indicate the perils of climatic change. Several years ago, comedian and conservative political pundit Dennis Miller made a crack about global warming. To paraphrase, he said "Who cares if the Earth's temperature goes up a degree or ...

Celebrate Earth Day

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

One of my favorite pieces of poetry is the last verse of Robert Frost's Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening: The woods are lovely, dark, and deep. But I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep. Although the snow is finally ...