Good news from the singer/songwriter about his support of the domestic production of fuel. Regulation has helped spur his efforts in the northwestern state: Earlier this year Oregon lawmakers passed a series of bills aimed at kick-starting the state’s biofuels industry, including a requirement that all gasoline sold in Oregon be mixed with 10 percent … Continue reading BioWillie, Foreign Policy, and the Evidence of Organics
Sensational title? Well, this is a sensational story. Apparently an incarcerated member of the Aryan Nation terrorist group, based in the US, was armed and on the loose today. At about 7:45 a.m. Monday, an inmate accompanied by a corrections officer arrived at the center to for medical treatment. While they were in an exam … Continue reading Elderly Ex-Paratrooper Disarms American Terrorist
by R.S. Thomas With her fingers she turns paint into flowers, with her body flowers into a remembrance of herself. She is at work always, mending the garment of our marriage, foraging like a bird for something for us to eat. If there are thorns in my life, it is she who will press her … Continue reading The Way of It
ESPN’s report on the Tennessee drag car incident has a very troubling quote: Amateur video of the crash, broadcast on WMC-TV in Memphis, showed the car’s engine revving loudly before the vehicle sped down the highway. After a few hundred feet, the smoking car skidded off the road and into the crowd. “It’s been a … Continue reading The drag car incident and risk