Year 2012: End of the World

There are still people trapped by debris in Japan and snake oil salesmen are already lining up to claim this tragedy is proof for whatever brand of crazy they happen to be selling. This all too normal, all too natural tragedy is being cited as the beginning of the end by more than one group [...]

While the alleged Mayan Prophecy regarding 2012 is growing like wildfire in popular awareness there are far more serious threats that exist right now. When the mobile platform Deepwater Horizon exploded on April 20th it was just the beginning of an event that will have significant impact on people’s everyday lives. For days the oil [...]

I wish I did not have cause to write this article. Unfortunately the problem that is the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico just does not seem like it will go away. The truth of the matter is the leak could be stopped today and the problems it presents us as a planet, [...]