Entries Categorized as 'Politics'

Why is Cannabis Illegal? It is Time to Be Honest About the Drug War – STOP IT NOW!

Author: , November 1st, 2010

This is an excerpt from an article I read today: “In an effort to offer a guide to policy makers in health, policing, and social care, the research team rated drugs using a technique called multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) which assessed damage according to nine criteria on harm to the user and seven criteria on […]

Tower of Babel

Author: , September 22nd, 2010

What power words have. What an awesome construct is the mind of a human that can allow thoughts to take shape and be shared though spoken and written language. How terrible when we cease to listen to those around us, to not hear the message, to ignore the words of those we have come to […]

How is it September already?

Author: , September 5th, 2010

Been working so much that August came and went in a blink. Working on three major projects at once. The news has been especially grim recently. Floods affect millions, earthquakes do billions of dollars of damage, volcanos erupt that have been dormant for 400 years, humans make a complete mess of the Gulf of Mexico, […]

Space Shuttle Launch – Atlantis’ 32nd and Last Voyage

Author: , May 14th, 2010

A SPECTACULAR launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The launch brought tears to my eyes, as they always do. They represent a fantastic achievement in the evolution of Man and Technology. I resent the fact that the program is shutting down.