(21 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Who Turned Scientific American? For years, Scientific American was a trusted and objective source of scientific knowledge. Until September, 2013, when suddenly it was no longer so.

(10 comments) SHARE        Monday, December 12, 2011
Seeds of destruction: It's NOT just about food The subject of genetic modification of food may not be sexy, but there are a few things you should know. One is that Monsanto employees do not want GM food in their cafeterias.

(2 comments) SHARE        Saturday, March 23, 2013
Who the Frack's Really in Charge? Hold your nose--In this article we open the can of worms called regulation.

(1 comments) SHARE        Saturday, March 16, 2013
Fracking: Water Issues--Colorado-centric, but applicable to all The oil and gas industry assures us that fracking uses less than one percent of all water used in this country. At one time that was true. Now it's time to look a little closer at that stat.

(22 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Why Barack Obama Does Not Disappoint Some Folks The presidency of Barack Obama is not a disappointment to some. I wanted to understand the reasons for that, and to specify how some may differ.

(3 comments) SHARE        Thursday, April 24, 2014
Where Have all the Finches Gone? What happened to the birds who used to greet the dawn along Colorado's Front Range?

(2 comments) SHARE        Friday, March 8, 2013
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Fracking but Should Be Afraid to Ask This is the second article (but the first lecture) in a series held at CU Boulder and it's all about hydrofracking.

(2 comments) SHARE        Sunday, September 23, 2018
Roundup(R) Unredacted: Antibiotic Resistance? Antibiotics gave humanity a time when infection and trauma were relatively easily vanquished. Those days are largely behind us, and glyphosate plays a part.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Fracking a Flock of Pandoras A few years ago you were hearing about "peak oil" and how we're about to reach it or already have. Then you hear about how the US has suddenly been heading headlong into that exalted state of Energy Independence, all on the sinuous shoulders of shale that have been residing quietly, previously undisturbed, beneath us all this time. We are getting much more than we bargained for.

SHARE        Wednesday, May 29, 2013
The Future's So Fracked, We've Got to Wear Masks Might noxious fumes be unhealthy for you, your children, and your animals? It's not such a straightforward question, you know.

SHARE        Friday, May 10, 2013
Frackonomics An economist guides us gently through economic facets of fracking fever.

SHARE        Saturday, April 27, 2013
Have Another Hit of Fracked Air Have another hit, but try not to inhale. You wouldn't want what's out there getting in.

(5 comments) SHARE        Thursday, February 12, 2015
Jon Stewart's False Equivalence Jon Stewart has been revered as a comedic barer of the Emperor's new clothes. Some of what he shows, however, is more of the same from a different angle.

(4 comments) SHARE        Saturday, March 30, 2013
Water-Free Fracking--Why Not? An exploration of this exciting new fracking technology that is water-free.

SHARE        Sunday, May 19, 2013
Fracking is EDF's Friend Is the Environmental Defense Fund in an ill-conceived relationship, or has it simply sold out?

(4 comments) SHARE        Sunday, March 27, 2011
Is You Itching for Rescue Again? The ongoing persecution of Wikileaks focuses the real struggle between what remains of democracy and resurgent despotism. We must resist distraction and false dichotomies and see what is happening around us. We will not be saved by the next election results; we can only save ourselves.

(5 comments) SHARE        Monday, April 4, 2011
A Primer for Elected Politicians Corporations may have the money, but thus far we the people still have the vote. We voted you in and now, at least in theory, you are to listen and respond to us. Somehow that hasn't been happening. So here, containing some reminders, is a primer for elected politicians.

(3 comments) SHARE        Friday, September 21, 2018
Roundup(R) Unredacted We have been told that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup(R), does not affect mammals. There are reasons to be wary of that sentiment.

(5 comments) SHARE        Monday, October 31, 2016
TPP Means The People Pay Unless you have been paying attention, you may be hating the TPP for all the wrong reasons.

SHARE        Saturday, September 22, 2018
Roundup(R) Unredacted--Manganese and Seizures Just as it does out in nature, glyphosate, a patented antimicrobial, kills microbes it encounters in the body, blighting our microbiome. Glyphosate chelates metals, making them unavailable for their indispensable functions. In biochemical activities involving glycine, glyphosate deposes glycine. Glyphosate damages neurons. Glyphosate is metabolized into toxic byproducts.

(4 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Creatures of the Cutting Board People who have autism, Alzheimer's disease, or Parkinson's disease are often further trialed by anxiety. There are reasons for that.

(2 comments) SHARE        Saturday, April 6, 2013
Frack-Flavored Gas The next time a spokesperson showers you with platitudes, you might want to 'drill' a little deeper.

(1 comments) SHARE        Saturday, April 20, 2013
What the Frack Do We Know? What do we know, what don't we know, and what do we ignore at our peril about fracking and our water?

(4 comments) SHARE        Thursday, June 16, 2016
Spinning in Slow Jam Everyone likes a good parody. Until it spins into outright deception.

(2 comments) SHARE        Monday, October 31, 2016
Neocon and Neolib--Pick Your Poison The next time you're fuming at some clueless, purchased politician, you'll be able to use the proper insult.

SHARE        Thursday, November 14, 2013
How to Frack Your Cake and Eat It Too The moderator of a 'neutral' university lecture series on fracking pauses to review for us what she's learned thus far. I think what she really learned is how to keep the funding flowing.

(4 comments) SHARE        Thursday, February 28, 2013
The Fracking Lectures: Prelude This was the first of 11 scheduled talks held at the University of Colorado to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about hydraulic fracturing.

(9 comments) SHARE        Thursday, April 8, 2021
A Road to Hell Paved with Best Intentions "It's not a passport; that's a euphemism. It's not a passport; it's a yellow star. It's the beginning of the end of your right to control your body, your movement, your income, your privacy, your sex life, your family life."

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, February 20, 2012
The Privileges of Power: Is Seduction an Absolute Certainty? People starting out with the best intentions, once comfortably ensconced in positions of power, experience changes to their perspectives that may be quite invisible to them and even incompatible with earlier views.

(3 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Soothing Those Vexing Psychic Splinters Time after time sincerely held beliefs and values metamorphize into beliefs and values that contrast immensely with what went before. How does this happen?

(4 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, October 10, 2012
On Being Fodder for Offenders There are two kinds of people who use "Democrat" as a descriptor, and the gulf is wide between them. Don't let yourself be used.

SHARE        Saturday, July 3, 2010
A Response to an Unspoken Sentiment When Dean Hartwell responded to certain pronouncements from the right, I recalled another maxim that deserves a response.

SHARE        Sunday, January 14, 2024
Killing Us Softly How we have strayed from lessons learned with Rachel Carson's eye-opening book, "Silent Spring".