Are you concerned about fracking? Are you worried that fracking will have side effects that are not as rosy as Oil-n-Gas says? Or do you think fracking will create a idyllic, utopian environment for residents?

I recently posted an article explaining why the US budget deficit is not the biggest issue facing the country.

Personally I’ve always been fascinated with glaciers. I spent a fair amount of time ice climbing when I lived out in California – mostly on Mount Shasta. To be in the immense glacier environment gives one perspective.

This is exactly the problem with corn ethanol. Just a few years ago corn ethanol was promoted endlessly by politicians of all flavors, industry processors, farmers organizations, lobbyists – you name it. Politicians famously promoted corn ethanol on the basis of fighting global warming. Now let me ask you…

The US budget deficit has been for several years relentlessly in the public’s eye. But is this focus really warranted?

In case anyone forgot (seems some people have) here is, for your reference, the 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.

Yesterday, 19 heroic firefighters were killed after being overrun by an out of control wildfire near Yarnell Arizona.

You can make a contribution to the families and survivors of the Arizona fire using the links below.

This film by Josh Fox, maker of Gasland and Gasland II, explores the manufactured debate about the safety of fracking in New York.