New York In Texas
Percentage of the world’s population that could fit in Texas by living with the population density of New York City: 100
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A House that’s stuck in the 1950’s
The House of Representatives doesn’t represent America as it really is today, said Timothy Egan. The Republican-controlled House governs a “fantasy nation created in talk-radio land,” where black and gay people don’t exist, women remain subservient, and all gun-safety legislation is a step toward tyranny. Thanks to strategic redrawing of districts, Republicans managed to maintain a 33-seat advantage in the […]
Read moreCartoon – Of Biblical Proportions
Pollution arrives on winds from China
Along with goods for U.S. markets, China’s booming factories are exporting pollution that fouls the air over the Western U.S., a new study has found. “We’ve outsourced our manufacturing and much of our pollution, but some of it is blowing back across the Pacific to haunt us,” University of California, Irvine, earth scientist Steven Davis tells The Telegraph (U.K.).The study […]
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Airlines And The Arctic
Minimum percentage of Arctic warming that has been caused by commercial airline emissions: 10
Read morePoem – WINTER’S REPRISE (By Joseph Cavera)
WINTER’S REPRISE (By Joseph Cavera) I see ways gray days of frost form within I see the expressions of people worn thin I see the frozen flakes fall coldly slow I see the winter winds seep and rise I see them waltz and meander like fireflies I see chilled places of wintry graces I see crystalline caps further from […]
Read moreAcquire Perfect Pitch From A Pill
Only 1 in 10,000 people have absolute or “perfect” pitch, the ability to hear a tone and tell what note it is. This unusual ability is acquired early in life, typically learned during training at about four to six years of age, and there are no records of adults acquiring the ability. But a new study shows that people who […]
Read moreSaint Francis of Assisi Quote – When We Pray To God
“When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing — nothing.” – Saint Francis of Assisi
Read moreAbraham Joshua Heschel Quote – Prayer
“Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.” – Abraham Joshua Heschel
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