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On August 8, 2020 Melissa Berger and I departed on another of backpacking trips into the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming. The trip is broken into 3 videos. This is part 2 of the trilogy. The video takes us from Cook Lakes, where...
Read MoreOn August 8th 2020, Melissa Berger and I embarked on another of our trips into the wilderness of the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming. This video is Day 1 of that 7-day trip, taking us from Elkhart Park Trailhead 14-1/2 miles to...
Read MoreDay 4 of our trek to Everest Base Camp. It had begun raining earlier in the morning. As we approached Tengboche it began to snow. Next thing you know we were in a full blown snow storm.
Read MoreIn April of 2019 Melissa Berger and Keith Lamparter went to Nepal and attempted the trek to Everest Base Camp. The trek is captured and documented in this video.
Read MoreWhile in Kathmandu, Nepal we went on a tour of temples and religious sites. While there we witnessed a public cremation.
Read MoreAfter 72 disruptive days of President Donald Trump 2.0, some signs of caution from voters in Wisconsin and Florida special elections. [...]
Wisconsin is among a handful of states that have enshrined the popular voter-integrity measure in state constitutions. [...]
Reckless and indiscriminate tariffs will do nothing to bring back U.S. manufacturing. [...]
What is the patriotic populist path to broad success? [...]
Tuesday, April 1st on the RealClearPolitics Podcast:00:00 Immigration Turbulence for Trump 14:30 Comedian Axed from White House Correspondents' Dinner21:30 C [...]
Can moderate Democrats, plotting their path back to power, convincingly make a populist pivot? [...]
On Friday, Dr. Peter Marks announced his resignation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as Director of CEBR (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research) citing differences with Health [...]
One of the most important - and difficult - roles of government is to craft a budget rooted in reality, in which spending is aligned with revenue. When I took office as governor of New Jer [...]
The Ukrainians celebrated the third anniversary of the liberation of Irpin-the end of the opening battle of the war. [...]
A judge kicked Marine Le Pen out of France's next presidential election. It mirrors what Democrats dream of doing here. [...]
The Left's splintering violence threatens a veto over democratic power. [...]
Completely outsourcing creativity to algorithms would be a grave mistake and nothing short of a betrayal of what makes us human. It also doesn't make much sense if you consider yourself a culture warrior. [...]
The Israeli army said it targeted Hamas militants in a strike on a UN building in Jabalia refugee camp Wednesday that Gaza's civil defence agency said killed 19 people, nine of them children.The army said in a statement that it struck the militants "inside a command and control centre that was being used for coordinating terrorist activity", and separately confirmed to AFP the building housed a UN clinic.Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said there were also dozens of people wounded in the strike which "targeted an UNRWA building housing a medical clinic". [...]
Israel has been gripped by allegations linking aides of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to financing from Qatar, which hosts Hamas leaders and helped broker the release of hostages from Gaza.Dubbed "Qatargate" by Israeli media, the reports that sparked the investigation claimed that some of the people closest to Netanyahu were recruited to promote Qatar in Israel, even though the two countries have no formal diplomatic ties.- What do we know? - [...]
At an industrial bakery in war-ravaged Gaza City, a conveyor belt that once churned out thousands of pitta breads every day has come to a standstill.The Families Bakery is one of about two dozen supported by the World Food Programme (WFP) that have halted production in recent days due to flour and fuel shortages resulting from an Israeli blockade."All 25 WFP-supported bakeries in Gaza have shut down due to lack of fuel and flour," the UN agency said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that it would "distribute its last food parcels in the next two days". [...]
Israel said Wednesday it would expand its military operations and seize "large areas" of the Gaza Strip where rescuers said 34 people were killed in Israeli strikes, including on a UN building.Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel would bolster its military presence in the Palestinian territory to "destroy and clear the area of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure".The operation would "seize large areas that will be incorporated into Israeli security zones", he said in a statement, without specifying how much territory. [...]
Wearing a helmet and strapped securely into his four-wheel-drive, Abdelilah al-Rabea tore off across the Saudi desert, kicking up clouds of sand as a crowd of hundreds cheered him on.Every year through the end of April, droves of people flock to Zulfi, more than 200 kilometres northwest of Riyadh, where adrenaline-seeking motorists drive superpowered cars across steep dunes.Dune bashing, or tatees in Arabic, is an adventure sport that involves driving off-road across challenging desert landscapes, and has long been a popular pastime in the oil-rich kingdom. [...]
The United States is increasing the number of aircraft carriers deployed in the Middle East to two, keeping one that is already there and sending another from the Indo-Pacific, the Pentagon said Tuesday.The announcement comes as US forces hammer Yemen's Huthi rebels with near-daily air strikes in a campaign aimed at ending the threat they pose to civilian shipping and military vessels in the region. [...]
Two Iranian businessmen have been indicted for allegedly conspiring to procure US parts to build military attack drones, the Justice Department said Tuesday.Hossein Akbari, 63, and Reza Amidi, 62, are charged with money laundering and providing material support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which the United States has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.According to court documents, Akbari is chief executive of a company called Rah Roshd while Amidi is the commercial manager. [...]
Republican Sen. Jim Risch made the statement during the nomination hearing for Tom Barrack to be the next US ambassador to Turkey. Barrack emphasized Ankara's strategic role in countering Iran in the region and promoting stability in Syria. [...]
Republican Sen. Jim Risch made the statement during the nomination hearing for Tom Barrack to be the next US ambassador to Turkey. Barrack emphasized Ankara's strategic role in countering Iran in the region and promoting stability in Syria. [...]
Republican Sen. Jim Risch made the statement during the nomination hearing for Tom Barrack to be the next US ambassador to Turkey. Barrack emphasized Ankara's strategic role in countering Iran in the region and promoting stability in Syria. [...]
Republican Sen. Jim Risch made the statement during the nomination hearing for Tom Barrack to be the next US ambassador to Turkey. Barrack emphasized Ankara's strategic role in countering Iran in the region and promoting stability in Syria. [...]
The warning, which was issued by a moderate politician known for his pragmatist negotiating skills, underscored how the dynamics between Tehran and Washington are becoming increasingly volatile. [...]
This is the second time in under a year that Spanish authorities have arrested individuals with links to Hezbollah. [...]
This is the second time in under a year that Spanish authorities have arrested individuals with links to Hezbollah. [...]
This is the second time in under a year that Spanish authorities have arrested individuals with links to Hezbollah. [...]
This is the second time in under a year that Spanish authorities have arrested individuals with links to Hezbollah. [...]
Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to London said Tuesday he would ask Britain to reverse a partial suspension of arms exports to Israel, a decision taken over rights concerns.Warren Stephens, an Arkansas-based investment banker and political donor to Trump named for the coveted diplomatic posting, said he was "a little perplexed" by the decision of Prime Minister Keir Starmer. [...]
The Justice Department also announced criminal charges against two Iranian nationals and an Iranian company over their alleged roles in the drone-procurement network. [...]
The Justice Department also announced criminal charges against two Iranian nationals and an Iranian company over their alleged roles in the drone-procurement network. [...]
The Justice Department also announced criminal charges against two Iranian nationals and an Iranian company over their alleged roles in the drone-procurement network. [...]
Steve Forbes, What's Ahead Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. [...]
John Tamny, RealClear President Trump is doing major damage to his presidency. And no, this opinion piece is not about tariffs. Much more economically damaging than tariffs is a falling [...]
Colby Smith, The New York Times The central bank's outreach to companies has taken on new significance as the outlook for growth and inflation gets cloudier. [...]
Michael Lind, New York Post The disastrous post-Cold War era, in which Washington negligently sacrificed American industry to appease communist China and other predatory trading partners, is at [...]
Robert Bork Jr., RCM The sharp teeth of the European Union's new competition rules under the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act are drawing [...]
Kimberlee Josephson, Am. Institute for Economic Research Preferential trade terms, like other non-tariff barriers, distort markets and shackle economic growth. [...]
E.J. Antoni, Fox News President Trump's reciprocal tariffs mark opening salvos in the fight to level the playing field for American workers. [...]
Editorial, Issues & Insights Even FDR said that letting government workers unionize was a terrible idea. [...]
Jessica Walrack, U.S. News & World Report Tax credits reduce tax liability dollar for dollar, while tax deductions reduce taxable income. [...]
Stephen McBride, RiskHedge RiskHedge—Disruption Research, Disruptive Technology Stocks—RiskHedge helps investors profit from disruption by providing research on the latest breakthrough [...]
Terrence Keeley, RealClearPolitics [...]
Roben Farzad, BusinessWeek September is that cruelest month for the stock market. It's the only month that has dropped on average since the Roaring Twenties. Come Monday night, when Wall [...]
Donald Lambro, Washington Times Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has to do two things really well at his convention: Lay out in dramatic terms how bad the Obama economy is and [...]
Carla Fried, CNNMoney Income-starved investors looking to amp up their portfolios have been turning to foreign bonds -- for obvious reasons. The 4.2% payout on the average foreign [...]
Ezra Klein, WonkBlog I see that the Republican convention will feature a debt clock ticking away behind the speakers. It will also, as I understand it, consist entirely of speakers who [...]
R. Ponnuru, Bloomberg While the Romney and Obama camps have made increasingly bitter accusations about each otherâ??s plans for Medicare, a bipartisan consensus on entitlements has emerged [...]
Rick Newman, US News By now, everybody knows what's wrong with the economy: There aren't enough jobs, Europe is stuck in a financial quagmire and Washington is playing chicken with tax and [...]
Doug Schoen, Forbes It's a testament to how bad the American employment market has gotten that the most recent jobs report was met with applause. The Labor Department's July jobs figures [...]
Jason Ma, IBD Corporations are scaling back investment, hiring and inventories ahead of steep year-end tax hikes and spending cuts, the most concrete sign to date that uncertainty over the [...]
It’s that time of year again: An endless parade of horological novelties. Approximately 7,000 ml of espresso. Martinis at 0200 and your alarm clock set to 0500. A blurry-eyed vision of the Jet d’Eau spouting Evian 200 feet into the air. Tired watch brand executives putting on a smile for the camera. Bleary-eyed journalists donning […] The post The Best Watches of Watches & Wonders 2025 appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Would you travel in a vehicle operated entirely by software? Depending on where you live, that might not be an option — or it might be a regular part of your weekly travel routine. But if the idea of getting into the back of a taxi with literally no one behind the wheel leaves you […] The post Waymo’s Robotaxis Are Safer Than You Might Think appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
You might not expect an automaker who had a banner year in 2024 to replace their CEO in 2025, but that’s precisely what Volvo did this week. Last month, Volvo announced that it had set new sales records in 2024, hailing the year as its second in a row to establish new records. This month, […] The post Former Volvo CEO Returns to Navigate Automaker Through Turbulent Era appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Some books explore their subjects more deeply than you’d expect. Perhaps due to the mysteries of publishing schedules, we seem to have a lot of them due out in the month of April. Our recommended books this month include comprehensive biographies of James Gandolfini and Rosemary Woodruff Leary and pensive accounts of climate change and […] The post The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This April appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Welcome back to our monthly guide to all things whisk(e)y. Please check out our more in-depth looks at new releases here. Join America's Fastest Growing Spirits Newsletter THE SPILL. Unlock all the reviews, recipes and revelry — and get 15% off award-winning La Tierra de Acre Mezcal. The post The Best New Whiskeys to Drink This April appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Spring is finally approaching, and what better way to start off the season than with some new gear? Enter this giveaway with Bleu de Chauffe, the French maker known for their renowned bags, leather goods and more, for the chance to win two new bags and a T-shirt valued at over $1,000. The Postman bag Éclair […] The post Add These to Your Collection of Well-Made Goods appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
What we’re drinking: Pinhook Vertical Series Rye 9 Year Where it’s from: Launched in 2010 with all sourced product, Pinhook began releasing small batches in 2014. All Pinhook barrels are now aged, blended and bottled at Castle & Key in Frankfort, KY; since 2017, Pinhook has been also distilling proprietary mash bills of bourbon and […] The post Pinhook’s Vertical Series Rye Continues to Age Like a Fine Wine appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Welcome to See/Hear, InsideHook’s deep dive into the month’s most important cultural happenings, pop and otherwise. Every month, we round up the biggest upcoming movie, TV and album releases, ask some cool people to tell us what they’ve been into lately, make you a playlist we guarantee you’ll have on heavy rotation and recommend a classic (or […] The post See/Hear: The Best Movies, TV and Music for April 2025 appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
We cover Huckberry a lot. And for good reason: the retailer aligns with everything we care about here at InsideHook HQ, from buying into the premium cool-guy look to prioritizing quality and American manufacturing. Toss in a roster of brands we respect — Danner, Flint and Tinder, Corridor, etc — and a proclivity for waxed garments, and you can […] The post Every Spring Footwear Style Imaginable Is on Sale at Huckberry appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
When you think of winter sports legends, your mind probably goes straight to Shaun White. What you might not know, however, is that the five-time Olympian snowboarder founded his own snowsports brand. Whitespace is a premier snow brand known for blending game-changing performance with luxury design. The brand is mainly known for its high-performance snowboards […] The post Shaun White’s Snow Brand Is Taking Up to 25% Off Ski and Snowboarding Gear appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
It’s not often that Rolex introduces an entirely fresh model family, making this year’s Watches & Wonders a particularly notable edition. Then again, upon closer examination, this new family has hallmarks of models that have long been out of production, offering something for both the modern connoisseur as well as the vintage collector, to boot: […] The post Rolex Unveiled an Entirely New Collection at Watches & Wonders ’25 appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Have you heard of Thomas Straker? Maybe you know him from his famous “All Things Butter” series wherein he mixes high-quality butter with an array of spices to curate…nice-tasting butter? Or maybe you know him from his viral cooking videos where he loads up plates with British classics, one-pot wonders and a variety of game-forward […] The post All Things Cookware: Meet Your New Knives appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Are we witnessing a golden age of fast food menu hacks come to an end? Last year, Starbucks announced that it was cracking down on extensive order customization in an effort to reduce customer waiting times at its locations. Ornate custom orders aren’t the only kind of menu hacks out there, though; there’s also the […] The post A Popular In-N-Out Menu Hack Is No More appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Performance coach Steve Magness is currently making the podcast rounds for his new book Win the Inside Game, and earlier this month made an appearance on The Rich Roll Podcast. It’s a great listen, but there’s one section in particular that I want to draw your attention to, when Magness identifies an underrated north star […] The post You Should Know Your Mile Time, Even If You’re Not a Runner appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
I’ll be the first to admit that the idea of an “updated” capsule wardrobe is, at face value, a bit silly. After all, the whole concept — a small, functional array of clothing that’s completely interchangeable, tonally congruous and works for virtually every situation — hinges on the fact the included apparel is versatile and timeless, […] The post What Does a Spring Capsule Wardrobe Look Like in 2025? appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
For soldiers training to join the Army Rangers, changes are on the way to the fitness test that all candidates must pass as part of their curriculum. What’s in and what’s out with this latest update provides a good sense of the Army’s thinking when it comes to physical fitness — and what tests have […] The post New Ranger School Fitness Test Adds Sprints, Drops Sit-Ups appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
If you care at all about the brands you’re tossing on each morning, you’ve probably heard of Alex Mill. The San Francisco-based essentials brand has been the talk of the town since its 2012 inception, on account of its capsule of crafted, sourced and designed garments reminiscent of iconic ’90s J.Crew looks. The clothing Alex […] The post This Alex Mill Sale Is Basically Your Spring Wardrobe Checklist appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
If you’re in a committed and monogamous relationship and you begin sending flirty or explicit texts to another person, most people would consider that…if not outright cheating, then certainly cheating-adjacent. What happens if you do the same but the receipient of those texts is an AI chatbot? It’s something to file under “ethical questions that […] The post Are AI Chatbots Changing How We Talk About Cheating? appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
For years, Southwest Airlines has offered travelers a distinctive flying experience — one that’s historically involved open seating and free checked bags. Change is on the horizon for the airline, however, and in the last year Southwest has announced the end of its open seating policy and a plan to start charging for checked bags. […] The post Southwest Airlines Is Changing Its Boarding Process Even More appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
To encounter the history of medicine is to encounter the history of unexpected scientific discoveries. The discovery of penicillin is perhaps the best-known case of a surprising medical breakthrough, but it’s far from alone. And the latest addition to this branch of the annals of science involves a discovery that could help treat e. coli […] The post Researchers Found Promising Antibiotic In Garden Soil appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
David Alan Johnson, Warfare History Network At the Battle of Surigao Strait, U.S. battleships at Pearl Harbor were able to exact massive revenge upon the Japanese navy. [...]
Nicholas Slayton, Task & Purpose The short-lived Union Army Balloon Corps in the Civil War was in a way the U.S. military's first air force. [...]
Neely Tucker, Library of Congress As far as we know, Arthur Singleton and [...]
Clare Fitzgerald, warhistoryonline The Purple Heart traces its origins back to the American Revolution. [...]
Bill Niven, Historytoday Nazi art never caught on, its architecture was unbuilt or destroyed, but films such as 1935's Triumph of the Will were shot and seen by millions. Hitler was [...]
Mark Cartwright, World History Encyclopedia This gallery of photographs tells the dramatic story of the Second World War (1939-45). The selection aims to reflect the global nature of the [...]
Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Mag A journey into the vast subterranean grounds preserved under Rome—from ancient aqueducts and apartment buildings to pagan shrines [...]
Stephan Blum, The Conversation Based on organic residues - imperceptible to the naked eye and detectable only at a molecular level - bronze age wine consumption must be fundamentally [...]
Madelaine Drohan, WaPo Canadians weren't enticed by the colonists' noble goals. Why would they want to join now? [...]
Erin Blakemore, NatGeo The law, which gives the president sweeping powers over non-citizens, was part of a set of statutes that emerged during the tenuous period following the Revolutionary [...]
Aaron G. Fountain Jr., Time In the 1960s and 1970s, high school student-led activism successfully reshaped school districts across the country. [...]
Greg McKevitt, BBC Charles M Schulz drew his beloved Peanuts strip for 50 years until he retired on 14 December 1999. By then, the unassuming cartoonist had built a billion-dollar empire. [...]
Michael Scanlon, SSRN This is a near-author's cut of an essay entitled "Odysseus Lost" that was published by Chronicles on January 26, 2024. The Chronicles version, which benefited f [...]
Andrew J. Bacevich, New York Times An implicit question haunts this illuminating and richly detailed memoir by Michael G. Vickers, the senior intelligence official at the center of [...]
Sean Durns, Washington Examiner "Someday science may have the existence of mankind in its power," the American intellectual Henry Adams wrote in 1862, "and the human race commit suicide, [...]
Jonathan Jarry, McGill University Did Nazis love yoga? That is the provocative title of one chapter in the recently published book Conspirituality: How New Age [...]
Reuters History buffs will be able to stroll close to the spot where legend says Julius Caesar met his bloody end, when Rome authorities open a new walkway on the ancient site on [...]
Hannah Osborne, Live Science A giant predator that lived 240 million years ago was decapitated with a single, brutal bite from a deadlier creature, scientists have said. [...]
Christine Chung, New York Times A submersible craft carrying five people in the area of the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic has been missing since Sunday, setting off a search and [...]
Agence France-Presse MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay will melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken World War II-era German destroyer off its coast 13 years ago, and recast it as a dove [...]
For decades, natural history books have taught that when a catastrophic asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out the dinosaurs and gave mammals – until then mostly small, tree-dwelling creatures – a chance to flourish on the ground. It’s the classic “mammals rise after dinosaurs fall” narrative.read more [...]
In the past few years my activities on this site - but I would say more in general, as the same pattern happened also on social media - have progressively shifted away from pure casual blogging and reporting of personal matters to a more focused discussion of scientific topics, always lingering around my research interests. read more [...]
What are sustainable cities, and can we build them? I put my Institute Fellows’ decades of experience together with the content of this fine conference, and conclude: (1) A sustainable city will attend equally to innovation, to human opportunity and dignity, and to the Earth. (2) Cities are not yet doing that. (3) There are obstacles.read more [...]
When asked about an effort to ban fluoride in drinking water, Utah Governor Spencer Cox said, "It’s not a bill I care that much about” but he still signed it, despite the health benefits being well-established and claims of harm being the kind of slimy epidemiology that claims "risk" of BPA, weedkillers, PFAS, and too many products to count.Utah wants to be the California of the right-wing; ban things because it matches the politics of their voters and science will be marginalized.(1)read more [...]
In 1961, less than one per cent of Canadians identified as having no religion. In 2021, 43 per cent of those between 15 and 35 considered themselves religiously unaffiliated. Organized religion — and especially Christianity — is in decline. Secularization is advancing apace. Most sociologists of religion agree on this. What they disagree about, however, is why. read more [...]
It's easy for Greenpeace employees in cities to talk about farming but in the real world, without pesticides we'd lose 78 percent of fruit, 54 percent of vegetables, and 32 percent of cereal crops. Most farmers want to optimize razor-thin margins and protect their biggest asset, land, so they are cautious about spraying too much, but the organic process leads to startling amounts of nitrogen runoff into rivers and ground water. A study claims 31 percent of agricultural soils around the world were at high risk from pesticide pollution while the old ways of German farmers recently showed they were exposing [...]
Greenpeace is facing bankruptcy after a $667,000,000 judgment. For the first time ever, the number of U.S. federal employees declined. Democrats have begun to consider they might be wrongly defending terrorists. They even became pro-vaccine for the first time this century. The best thing President Donald Trump may have done for science and political sanity is to switch from Democrat to Republican and bring Bobby Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk along with him. It forced Democrats, who are nearly 90% of career government employees, to suddenly defend things they had opposed for decades.(1)Like nuclear energy. Which means we could usher in [...]
In this article I'm going to examine how student feedback plays a pivotal role in enhancing learning design and engagement, particularly in online education environments. I will explore the mechanisms by which timely, constructive feedback not only improves course content and delivery but also empowers students as co-creators in the learning process.read more [...]
If you insist you will only eat berries picked by hand near a stream, you are virtue signaling to other wealthy people that you have more money than than they do, while masking it in a halo of claiming to care about taste or renewability or other nature.No one is fooled. That is why restaurants and consumers who fetish-ize wild caught fight while claiming it is more nutritious or tastes better are so cloying. Sure, there can be differences in taste, just like if you give a chicken different feed, but that is easily solvable, and has been, like in [...]
The world is producing more food using fewer pesticides than ever, thanks to modern science. The gap between modern pesticide usage and organic food pesticides needed per calorie of food got so large, up to 600% more organic pesticides used, that California stopped itemizing organic pesticides separately to improve the optics of the organic industry.read more [...]
Perhaps the most important thing to get right from the start, in most statistical problems, is to understand what is the probability distribution function (PDF) of your data. If you know it exactly -something that is theoretically possible but only rarely achieved in practice- you are in statistical heaven: you can use the maximum likelihood method for parameter estimation, and you can get to understand a lot about the whole problem. read more [...]
It's no secret that cats have the same α2,3-linked (SAα2,3) sialic acid receptor as birds, which means their mortality from bird flu which acts via that receptor is 50%. Or that raw pet food, raw milk, and organic chickens that refuse medicine are key transmitters of the disease outside the wild.Why are you still buying that stuff? Why did you ever? read more [...]
Environmental lawyers, especially lawyers at Natural Resources Defense Council, exist to sue companies and to have casus belli they need to suggest corporations are killing us all. It is no surprise that NRDC has hired lots of lawyers who are anti-vaccine, anti-cell-phone, anti-food (ingredients, colors, the type of seed), anti-nuclear, etc.If you don't know any scientists or Republicans, and NRDC employs neither, it is easy to demonize them because you never have them looking at you over lunch.(1) NRDC knows a Republican insider now. Their former lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is part of the Trump administration and the "mainstream" [...]
The book is author Alex Hannaford’s lament about changes in Austin, Texas, since his initial visit to the city in 1999. This at first spurred your reviewer, who moved to Austin in 1969, to think, “1999? Well, isn’t that just too precious?” read more [...]
The only real way to wipe out H5N1, the bird flu that has been ruining egg prices since last year, is to kill off all the wild birds. That is not practical but what we can do is stop buying raw pet food. All of it. Now. And never start again. You will kill your cat if it is transmitted in that food. And stop buying raw milk. All of it. Now. And never start again.read more [...]
Imagine if I put out a claim that I had prevented teens from playing "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II" and therefore saving billions in dollars in future mental health care costs.Well, I can, because COD:MWII has dropped a lot in usage from a few years ago. Sure, critics might claim it is an older game and new games come along and people switch to those, but if I am at FDA, none of that matters.read more [...]
When a tourist visits California, the first thing they notice getting off of the airplane is a warning sign that the material they are near will give them cancer. Then another one. Then another. Soon, they become invisible but not before people do searches to see how much more cancer Californians develop than everyone else.(1)Not only will most things in Walmart have a cancer warning, the building itself can give you cancer. Photo: Hank Campbellread more [...]
After a decade of being thrown out by the courts and being slightly modified and enacted again, changes drastically expanding the definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS) to include man-made ponds on family farms may finally be ending.read more [...]
