Not Under the Influence
By Phil Butler on Dec 13, 2007 in Featured, sport | 6 Comments
We have been hearing about Barry Bonds and his alleged steroid use for some time now, isn’t it getting sticky in sport these days? Today I was reading a story about the literally dozens of baseball players being investigated in light of the “Mitchell Report”.
Senator George Mitchell gave a report that lambasted MLB owners [...]
By Phil Butler on Nov 25, 2007 in Featured, existing | 2 Comments
I love images, Don’t you? I was looking for some news to share with you and began scrolling through images from 2007 when I found one that really struck me. The back story on the image is about a polar bear cub named Knut who was born at the Berlin zoo in 2006. The little [...]
By Phil Butler on Nov 24, 2007 in Environment, Featured | 3 Comments
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached record levels in 2006 according to a report released by the WMO . According to the news the levels of the main “heat trapping” gas that contributes to global warming reached concentrations higher than ever recorded. The WMO said the levels reached 387.2 parts per million, which [...]
By Phil Butler on Nov 16, 2007 in Do Good, purpose | 4 Comments
One of the things I wanted to do with this blog was to call attention to things and events that might help change the world, if even just a little bit. I looked at the debut articles so far and noted that every one of them has such a serious and almost ominous tone. This [...]
By Phil Butler on Nov 15, 2007 in News, do-no-evil | 4 Comments
It is funny how actual news can almost seem unreal. I just did a post on Yahoo!’s caving in and settling over the Chinese dissidents affair, and now I find news that Chiquita Bananas is being sued for even more ghastly allegations. The suit against Chiquita Brands International was field today alleging that the company [...]
