Food security is actually a great topic for a discussion on Thanksgiving weekend. After all, Thanksgiving is a time for celebrating abundance in food and thanking God for the productivity of the Earth. Charlie Arnot has done a great presentation on food security and the challenge of producing food andContinue Reading
You have a dog, a cat, a goldfish and a gerbil in your home. Your kids love ’em, as do you. But one day, while you’re busy elsewhere, your gardener is filmed kicking your dog. The footage is used in his prosecution. He’s found guilty and fined. You fire himContinue Reading
While most states don’t charge sales tax on food, some do and some are trying to do so. But everyone knows that government takes money from its citizens, taxes, which it transforms into agricultural subsidies, the bulk of which go to the largest farms. Very little benefits the mid toContinue Reading
The Wall Street Journal published two front page articles in March 2011 on the battle raging between renewables (tree-based paper bags and wood pallets) and nonbiodegradables (fossil fuel-based plastic bags and plastic pallets). The WSJ is also currently running a poll asking if nonbiodegradable plastic bags should be banned. OnContinue Reading
A poll running on “green” fashion site Ecouterre asked whether humans controlling nutria — a 16-18 pound invasive rodent from South America that ruins U.S. wetlands –should utilize the pelt or leave it in the marsh to decompose. Not surprisingly, the bulk of respondents offered a resounding “yes!” — useContinue Reading
While US citizens are empowered with the power of the vote, the US Congress holds the power of the purse. And, just before 2 a.m. on Saturday the 19th, a hardworking House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to eliminate funding for the United Nations’ International Panel on Climate Change, the propagandaContinue Reading
It was May of 2009 when the Washington Post wrote a story on the deficit which included the very sobering chart on the deficit, above, — a graphic that quickly became a classic on the the Internet. About a year later, the graphic, below, was created. Since budgets are createdContinue Reading
in sunny Mexico, is in full swing. It seems appropriate that discussions should be held in Cancun, which means “nest of snakes” in Mayan. A key focus on the talks is forcing developed countries to transfer $100 billion annually to developing countries — including China and India. And, while PresidentContinue Reading
In Europe, the far left is tumbling at the polls in the 2010 election cycle. Some blame this on the “Red-Green alliance” of socialist labor politicians and the “Green” movement. In the US, the same alliance appeared in an attempt to merge “blue collar” labor with green socialists via theContinue Reading
Over the weekend I drove to Santa Barbara and back, 400 miles, to listen to British Member of Parliament Daniel Hannan speak to a group at the Ronald Reagan Ranch Center. That’s a long way to go for a plateful of “food for thought.” But it was worth every mile.Continue Reading