Last night, we figured out that “King Corn” was available on Netflix’s instant watch, so we did. And I am still wigging out about it. Rowan has been reactive to corn products since he was small, so we’ve been a corn-free house for a few years. I wasn’t expecting to go into this to learn [...]
Archive for May, 2008
May 20 2008
The Plural of Anecdote…
is not “research”. But according to this, the plural of research isn’t much either. More than half the scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency report political interference in their work over the last five years. This, according to a new investigation by the Union of Concerned Scientists, follows on the heels of prior UCS investigations [...]
May 19 2008
Surfwise
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90272530 Jonathan just sent me this link, to a segment on Fresh Aire with Jonathan Paskowitz, and his documentary Surfwise. This film both encourages and terrifies me, frankly. When you’re steeped in a fear-based society, sometimes it feels safer to stay under the radar as far as possible, and a lot of that is letting [...]
