The following piece was written at 4 in the morning on April 25th, 2011, dealing with a controversial ad that was running at the time. Since the ad aired, progress on attacks on the EPA have made little headway, and the organization is currently still in business. The EPA estimates that 160,000 early deaths —

Back in October I reacted to the news of Sun Chips mostly discontinuing their environmentally-friendly packaging due to the fact that it was supposedly too noisy. I used the story to launch into questioning our current commitment to saving our planet if we can’t even put up with a noisy bag. But recently, Sun Chips

A recent “Onion” article has given us clues about our future America, and amazingly, the future doesn’t completely suck. Here’s the rundown from the year 2083. Positives: Gay marriage is legalized. Mitt Romney becomes President. The death penalty is illegal. Schools have enough money for schools to have holographs in the classroom. Negatives: Gay marriage

I’ve only been watching State of the Union addresses for about the past 10 years, but that’s enough to already make me cynical about them. Why? Because I know how they work, and what the main goal of them is. Essentially, The State of the Union is about where we are as a country, whether

Sometimes the biggest disasters can be signaled early by the smallest or seemingly insignificant sign. The water in the vicinity of a volcano might have a sulfur taste, or rise to boiling temperatures. Earthquakes are preceded by much smaller quakes. The guy in the crow’s nest on the Titanic lost his binoculars. All seem small