Every Wednesday, we review a selection of new and upcoming books addressing a specific aspect of environmentalism. Today we're recommending books about food and its relation to the environment . Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory Farms  (by Nicolett...

Armin Wolf hat in einem Twitter Post auf einen interessanten Artikel von Otfried Jarren von der Universität Zürich über die Rolle von klassischen Medien als unersetzbare soziale Institutionen verwiesen - den ich deshalb gefunden und gelesen habe. Er schreibt: Durch Blogs und Online-Angebote werde...

A few extra ounces in your backpack can turn a bare campsite into a gourmet kitchen, contends Robin Donovan. She wrote Campfire Cuisine: Gourmet Recipes for the Great Outdoors  (Quirk Books, $16, 2006), a cookbook filled with delectable dishes she made while camping, like lemony couscous salad...

The American government Would like to issue an apology to the world Unfortunately too many black and brown people were allowed to borrow money And this has caused a world wide recession. Unfortunatley public education did not prepare them to read a credit form And understand their credit report Unfo...

National Thievery Department My friends and I are sad to announce That the banks are a little short this year And because of a confederate state interpretation Of the 14th amendment we have an immortality to maintain A sort of status That you should be aware of The national treasury department has b...

It's hard to throw out old electronics. But it's hard to keep 'em too. Whether you're an eager early adopter, frustrated by obsolete software, or dealing with technical malfunctions, there inevitably comes a time to bid adieu to your cell phone, computer, digital camera, or MP3 playe...

gifninja is a website that lets you create animated gifs quickly and easily.  You can either create an animated gif from individual images or by uploading a video. gifninja also provides you with a nice utility to split an animated gif into separate images. To convert a video to an animated gif, yo...

Bookworm: 1. American Jews, like most Americans, wrongly believe Hitler was a right winger, rather than a totalitarian. They’re therefore scared of right wingers. 2. American Jews, like most Americans, wrongly believe Hitler was backed by the church. They’re therefore scared of Christians. 3. Am...

More nonsense: A quick look at the study reveals all sorts of problems: It doesn’t examine individuals, but rather averages across areas, which leads to a red state vs. blue state analysis that allows for startling headlines but in fact tells us very little. One of the findings is that Utah ha...

Without a doubt, one of my favorite features in Google Reader is the ability to share interesting articles with my friends, as well as receive interesting articles from them.  When you share common interests with others, the information you get from shared items is often more interesting that the m...