Henry Ward Beecher Quote – Never Excuse Yourself
“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.” ― Henry Ward Beecher
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Cartoon – Corporate America Warms To The Burqa
Cartoon – How Locusts Are Incited To Swarm
When the oceans became acidic
Colossal volcanic eruptions some 250 million years ago have long been linked to the widespread global extinction known as the “Great Dying“, a 60,000-year period that saw 90 percent of all sea creatures and more than two-thirds of all plants and animals on land die off. But new research has for the first time identified the specific cause of the […]
Read moreCartoon – Nobody Likes To Take Their Work Home
Poem – A RESTFUL MIND (By Joseph Cavera)
A RESTFUL MIND (By Joseph Cavera) After so many days Of laying one’s hands to work One searches the many ways That duties can be skipped and shirked At these particular times When the inside of one’s eyelids Holds the more alluring of charms Than the world around We find ourselves searching At distant grounds For a […]
Read moreSamuel Butler Quote – Enjoy Life
“All of the animals except man know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.” – Samuel Butler
Read moreHow to Talk to Climate Change Skeptics
10 myths about global warming, and what the science really says. THE REASONS FOR raising doubts about the human causes of global warming, explains Skeptical Sciences John Cook, are often political rather than scientific. Cook hears from climate change skeptics that ‘“its all a liberal plot to spread socialism and destroy capitalism. However, what is causing global warming is a […]
Read moreLive Off Of What Life Gives You
“Live off of what life gives you, and not from what it takes away.”
Read moreGhana: Why are the Chinese miners here?
Ghana has sold its soul to China, said Alex Bossman Baafi. Small-scale gold-mining permits are reserved by law for native-born Ghanaians only. Yet Chinese immigrants are operating illegal gold mines all over the country, with expensive machinery and guards armed with illegal guns. These miners hurt the environment by razing our forests and dumping toxic mining by-products like cyanide into […]
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