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Gasoline prices are at all-time highs here in Texas, including a whopping $3.46 in Houston, home of many oil-related businesses and refineries. Many parts of the U.S. are experiencing even higher prices, to say nothing of Europe, et al, so I expect little sympathy from most readers. So what’s a government to do? Meddle, of [...]
The Houston Chronicle recently reported some disturbing environmental news: For the first time, Texas has generated its own “dead zone” in coastal waters, scientists say. The 1,750-square-mile area of oxygen-depleted water, stretching from Freeport to Matagorda Bay, is potentially deadly to marine life. … Until this summer’s heavy rainfall, Texas A&M University oceanographer Steve DiMarco [...]
Rick Strahl writes an pretty good, seat-of-his-pants programming blog. But today he’s talking about the commoditization of food. Scary…
This is an interesting re-print of a nearly 20 year old opinion piece printed in Discover. I’m curious as to other opinions about it. The concept that social parasites, all too common in modern-day America, originated with agricultural society caught my attention because it has the ring of truth about it. This is not to [...]