Saturday, November 30, 2013

LINT

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by Ed Werstein USDA plan to speed up poultry-processing lines could increase risk of bird abuse: Nearly 1 million chickens and turkeys ...
Friday, November 29, 2013

KEEPING INDEPENDENCE

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by Archana Sankaran Old Beggar With a Boy - Pablo Picasso, 1903 I will keep my strong sense of independence, my fierce will, preciou...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

INHERIT THE EARTH

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by Richard Schnap Barcelona homeless. Image source: Nae's Nest   “How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly hom...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

AGAINST WAR

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Translated by Richard O'Connell from the Latin of Tibullus What is the cause of war and grief that it imparts but greed for gold, c...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

THE PLAN

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by Daniela Gioseffi Two weeks of United Nations climate talks ended Saturday with a pair of last-minute deals keeping alive the hope...
Monday, November 25, 2013

GOVT DISARRAY

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by David Radavich Barnum & Bailey Circus Congress of Freaks c. 1924 Holiday Finds Congress Well Short of Goals  — The landmark ...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

A COMPANION OF HONOUR

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by Martha Landman             “. . . the sign of a mind that is restless but not wandering.”  -- The Guardian A farm girl, lover o...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

LAST DAYS: A RANT

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by George Held Between November 9–11, 2013, a large iceberg finally separated from the calving front of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glaci...
Friday, November 22, 2013

SAILOR

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by Mick Murphy The woods are quiet today. Not even birds this late November. Oddly warm for one who can remember another day- ...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

THE ASTROPHYSICIST TALKS ABOUT DARK MATTER

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by Lewis Gardner Image source: “How close are we to finding dark matter?” by Jim Al-Khalili, Light & Dark, BBC Four , 18 November 2...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

POSTPARTUM, NOVEMBER 22, 1963

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by Penelope Scambly Schott                                                                                                             ...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

MY DAUGHTER IS PLAYING OUTSIDE

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by John Guzlowski In the quiet space of the dining room My wife and I lay out the place settings The forks beside the Wedgwood plates ...
Monday, November 18, 2013

PARAPHERNALIA

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by Kristina England Image source: TaxProf Blog (in response to “The Sex Toys in the Attic” in the NY Times, November 9, 2013). The ...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

DST

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by  Gerard Sarnat Image © Sheri Zimmerlin . You are welcome to copy for non-profit use. 4:57, first dusk since Daylight Savings Time ...