Children tend to look forward to summer for several reasons: no school, summer vacations, and, of course, playing outside. However, that innocent trip to the playground may end in second or third degree burns. Playground equipment, including slides and the rubber mats used to prevent kids from being injured in case they fall, can burn [...]

Comic artists are the coal miners of the industry: working insanely long hours and creating the raw material that the rest of the industry is built on, but not always sharing an equal part in the wealth it produces.

Agro-what? You may have heard of homeopathy, but how does it apply to crop production? Advocates of agro-homeopathy attest to the modality’s ability to influence the biological processes of plants to affect growth and control plagues and diseases. Could this be the future of agriculture?

The Free Gaza Flotilla is a shining example of nonviolent resistance, yet the Israeli government claims the group is connected to Hamas or attempting to smuggle weapons into Gaza as justification for boarding the ships in international waters and killing between 9 and 19 of those aboard. Looking at the list of passengers, which includes [...]

Since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil well, with the  USGS announcement of 12-19,000 barrels of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico and beyond each day, the endless media coverage has focused more on BP circus acts to shed responsibility, and more preposterous ways to plug the pipe; relegating both the public and [...]

Trials against two New York City cops that began on Tuesday demonstrate why granting more power to local police to enforce laws like Arizona’s new immigration initiative could be particularly disastrous for women.

On Tuesday May 18, 2010, Kentucky Republicans chose Tea Party member Rand Paul as their candidate for the United States Senate. This deserves special note because of racially slanted comments recently made by the candidate. Dr. Paul backpedaled, perhaps at the suggestion of his advisors, but the effect is the same regardless. Rand Paul is either libertarian to an [...]

  The film Avatar, now on DVD, has sparked a lot of conversation about its animation. The film implemented 3D into the film, forcing audiences everywhere to pay at least twelve dollars to wear sunglasses in order to experience the true nature of the film. But as other films attempt to follow the success of Avatar [...]

Every kid wants to make comic books, but not every kid grows up to STILL want to make them. Why? What largely occurs is a lack of mentorship in the comic industry, the art world, and our very culture that leaves many aspiring comic writers and artists twisting in the wind at over-priced colleges and [...]

Upon learning that last night’s Lost, “Across the Sea,” was to be about Jacob’s origins, I couldn’t have been more excited.  Especially considering the awesomeness of last week’s episode, I was set for a follow-up that was even better.  For the first time this season, I was disappointed.  Sure, this season has been met with [...]

The moment narcissistic and emotionally clouded film character, Jerry Maguire uttered the words, “You complete me,” women and men swooned at the notion that love and self were fully realized when two fated-lovers decided they couldn’t live without each other.  Though before the human head weighed eight pounds, both fiction and real life idolized this [...]

ABC’s “Nightline” tried so hard to make us pity all the highly successful people because they were single. What good is any accomplishment, no matter how fulfilling or impressive, if you have no spouse with whom to share it, the program seemed to suggest. We singles have heard this so many times before. This time, [...]

Dr. Devi is a holistic practitioner residing in the countryside of Northern Malaysia. He and his wife cooked up a delicious meal during my visit to their home last October, and I had a chance to talk with him as part of my independent volunteer trip. A woman I’d been helping out asked me to [...]

As rumors fly that filming for Season 7 of Bravo TV’s acclaimed reality series Top Chef is now underway in Washington, D.C., foodies are looking at our nation’s capitol as an emerging contender on the culinary scene. A city that in the past boasted its fair share of upscale steakhouses and seafood joints well suited [...]

Wall Street dominates the national news. Is there any limit to the avarice? Not much surprises us anymore. We cannot and should not allow ourselves to be jaded into accepting this level of corruption, now or in the future. What can we do about it? How can individual citizens support Congressional reform efforts and force Wall [...]

Except around April 15, the singles penalty I hear about most often has nothing to do with taxes. Instead, singles tell me about all the many ways they pay more per person than married people do for health insurance, club memberships, car insurance, professional membership fees, and of course, just about everything related to travel. [...]

Now that I have completed my 21 Day experiment for World Hunger including a world hunger diet of one meal a day averaging 988 calories a day, I am prepared to present some ideas for solutions to overcoming world hunger.  This post is Part I of three parts suggesting various solutions including ways to stay [...]

Urban blight is dismal, disheartening and depressing. Not to mention ripe for takeover by criminal elements. Buildings that once were proud centers of commerce devolve into soulless plots of overgrown grass, graffiti and broken glass. Rochester, New York has more than its share of urban blight within its borders, but that soon may change. A [...]