Politics


Until seven years ago, I had never seen an armadillo (I still have yet to see a living armadillo). The first ones I saw were roadkill on highway 75 between Topeka and Dallas, but I never saw any north of the Oklahoma border, until recently. They’ve made their way into […]

Armadillos Affected by Climate Change


Most scientists are saying they are safe, and normally I would agree with scientists. So why the skepticism about GMOs? I really don’t doubt that they’re safe for human consumption, but what does bother me is that they might not be safe for other organisms in the environment. For example, […]

Skepticism about GMOs



When I was in 2nd grade, in 1991, our teacher showed us a film about a girl from the year 2050. Her grandmother, telling her about how the world used to be, said, “There was no recycling, no clean energy, cars ran on non-renewable fossil fuels, and there were coal […]

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