President-elect Obama has appointed Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture. The Organic Consumers Association has presented six major reasons why Vilsack’s appointment is a “terrible idea,” siting his support of genetically engineered pharmaceutical crops, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Trans Ova (through the creation of the Iowa Values Fund), Iowa’s 2005 seed preemption bill, GMO agribusiness giant […]
Our nation’s universities are turning out minds that are fragmented and overly specialized… perfect for avoiding any process of critical thinking or universal questioning. A “moral void” has been created in the “educated population” by the obsessive drive to produce the perfect “analytic.” I really agreed with the majority of what this article is saying, […]
In my internet wondering I recently came across a college course called Philosophy of Media and Technology, taught by Dr. David L. Hildebrand at the University of Colorado Denver. An excerpt of his course description reads; “As we are constantly reminded, we live in an ever-accelerating “Information Age,” an era of rapidly shifting images and […]
Hello all! I have always felt the incessant need to question why things happen the way they do, to learn everything I can about the world around me, and to share what I learn with any one who cares to listen. I crave the process of learning, sharing information, and engaging with others as we […]