Month: October 2010
Pronoia Sneaks Into the Workplace
A company that respects workers’ rights, health, and their union — and not just in theory, but every working day.
Eurofresh workers receive full family healthcare coverage with no premium costs, and earn approximately 65 percent more than non-union agricultural workers. Their union leads orientation and training programs for raising safety standards, to make sure the produce we buy in our supermarkets is not only delicious and refreshing, but entirely safe to eat as well.
Whether You Think the World’s Getting Worse or Better Probably Depends on Which Set of Facts You Choose to Believe
For all its problems, the first 10 years of the 21st century were in fact humanity’s finest, a time when more people lived better, longer, more peaceful, and more prosperous lives than ever before.
Some Great Benefits Remain Unused
Obama could kill fossil fuels overnight with a nuclear dash for thorium
If Barack Obama were to marshal America’s vast scientific and strategic resources behind a new Manhattan Project, he might reasonably hope to reinvent the global energy landscape and sketch an end to our dependence on fossil fuels within three to five years.
Not Quite As Good As the Lion Lying Down With the Lamb, but Close
This video from National Geographic shows some brazen hippopotamuses and their audacity to romp freely among African crocodiles, even amidst intense feeding sessions. If that isn’t enough, the hippos also lick and gnaw at the crocodiles’ armor. A baby hippo is even seen to treat a croc like its personal chew toy!
