Is Healthy Soil the Low-Tech Solution to Climate Change?

In her book The Soil Will Save Us, writer Kristin Ohlson interviews farmers, soil scientists, and agronomists and concludes that the low-cost, low-tech solution to climate change may be directly underfoot—(Click in the paragraph then click the listen yellow bottom to listen) Continue reading

Elliot Mintz Interview on The Paul Leslie Hour

Uploaded on Nov 27, 2011
This interview with Elliot Mintz was originally broadcast in a 4-part radio series with music and commentary.

“Who is Elliot Mintz?” The answer depends on who you ask…

For readers of glossy celebrity magazines or viewers of the television program TMZ or followers of websites like PopTV.com, Elliot Mintz is a Hollywood publicist and media consultant for clients past and present ranging from Paris Hilton, Nicky Hilton, Don Johnson, Shauna Sands, Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Bob Dylan and the estate of John Lennon as well as Continue reading

This depressing animated map shows Walmart taking over America

This depressing animated map shows Walmart taking over America
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Here’s an unsettling look at the Walmart-ification of the U.S., starting in Arkansas in 1962 and ending with total domination more than 3,000 stores across the country. First the chain spreads throughout the state, then the Southeast. Then Walmart crawls north and west, looking for all the world like an invasive species: