Day: February 21, 2011

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

We Need to Understand: They are not Dumb. Or, are They?

Today, the usual description of the bio-fuel lunacy was brought up on junkscience.com . The article, boiled down: “Using corn as fuel raises food prices and causes starvation in poor countries. The people who are doing this are dumb.” This kind of description is common, but wrong. The people who have forced us to use […]
Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

The Effects of Progress

It was mentioned a few months ago that we can get an understanding of what’s going on around us by looking at the common Adirondack chair that are on so many yards, patios, and porches. That chair became popular after the invention of the band saw made it possible for wood to be cut more […]
Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Big Changes

We are seeing the Mediterranean Sea’s Southern and Western shores in a state of flux. It may be similar to the 1790s, when a wave of freedom washed over the United States and France. From Algeria to Egypt, and North to Turkey, changes are afoot. The uprisings do not appear to be coming from the […]