With the advent of the modern world--say after 1492 or so- and the many resultant  migrations, exiles, conquests, immigrations, colonializat...

At first I thought the numbers in the below article were off. But apparently the numbers are accurate.  What if modern life as we expe...

More people live in the Pakistani city of Karachi than live in the entire states of Michigan and Wisconsin combined. I would not care to r...

If you think that certain people are by nature inferior then stories like this won't bother you all that much. But for the rest of us ...

If you happen to live or work in Ann Arbor, Michigan and have noticed that there seem to be more deer around than usual, do not worry. The...

Fall is almost upon us. That means among other things plenty of apple and pumpkin pies, apple cider, baked apples, various sorts of apples...

You may recall that the residents of Flint, Michigan suffered greatly because of the decision by the Republican installed Emergency Mana...

When people say globalization they usually are referring to the greater corporate economic integration between and among the so-called Thi...

Because sometimes you feel like a nut. And sometimes you don't. We talked before of how some people in other cultures consume insec ts...

We are amazed but not amused By all the things you say that you'll do Though much concerned but not involved With decisions that are mad...

"This is no thaw. This is spring. What are we to do? Your winter has been destroyed I tell you!" -The Dwarf in The Lion, the Witch...

What does fall or autumn mean to you? Fall is my favorite season. I think this could be some ancient preference encoded in my DNA. Fall mean...

I belong to the NRDC . I support many local and national initiatives designed to reduce carbon emissions and protect disappearing flora and ...

One of the reasons for encouraging people to use less gasoline and more green technology was not only to help reduce pollution but also to r...

I'm not a huge fan of overly expansive government. I think that, especially on matters of conscience, privacy and police powers, the fed...

There is nothing a mother will not do for her infant but even she cannot protect it from bullets. About a year ago, killers attacked a famil...