I’ve had two bad taxi experiences in one weekend. One incident made me furiously angry, which was kind of embarrassing in front of my friends. But I have decided that instead of holding on to my anger and getting angry in the future I am now going to be an activist. I have decided to [...]

Healthcare is a human right.  But as the healthcare debate drags on here in the US, its legitimacy as a right is under attack. Eddie (friend from college) shared on Facebook today an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal by John Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods, “The Whole Foods Alternative To ObamaCare”: [...]

This past weekend the New York Times published an article called “In a Digital Future, Textbooks Are History” by Tamar Lewin.  The article profiles the increasing adoption of digital textbooks by school districts as a way of cutting costs and as a way of updating pedagogical methods in response to technological and social advances.  Lewin [...]

Today, I went to see The Cove, a documentary centering around the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan.  As some reviewers have already said, the movie marries spy-thriller suspense with compelling investigative storytelling.  Because of the Japanese government and whaling interests not wanting the story to get out, the filmmakers had to secretly (and perhaps [...]

Panel discussion from the the Aspen Ideas Festival.  Thanks to the Breakaway Cook Eric Gower for the tip. Billions to Be Served: Meeting the Needs of the People and the Planet The United Nations has determined that, in the next 40 years, we must double crop production to feed, fuel and clothe nine billion people. [...]