Pollution is so bad on Mt. Everest that you get paid for bringing down your garbage

On Everest, $ for Trash Outside Blog: Archives  In an effort to get visitors to Everest to take more responsibility for the waste generated on the mountain, Eco Everest is paying expeditions about $1.00 per pound of waste removed from the mountain, according to Rock and Ice Magazine. Another problem is the amount of human … Read more

“The top 1%”

Full disclosure: I'm not one of "the top 1%." nowhere near it. An interesting op ed column in yesterday's Wall Street Journal – Lots of info – hit the link and read the whole thing The Obama Rosetta Stone – WSJ.com Mr. Obama made clear in the campaign his intention to raise taxes on this … Read more

The Pope meets with the Rabbis

From the Jerusalem Post today – Rabbis after pope meeting: Crisis over | International | Jerusalem Post "The Jewish people, who were chosen as the elected people, communicate to the whole human family knowledge of and fidelity to the one, unique and true God," Pope Benedict XVI told a delegation from Israel's Chief Rabbinate on … Read more

Darfur Update – a posting from Savedarfur.org

SaveDarfur.org has a post called "U.N. says paralysed in Sudan without aid partners" that's worth checking out… By Laura MacInnisGENEVA, March 10 (Reuters) – The United Nations relies so heavily on outside groups to deliver aid in Darfur that Sudan's expulsion of 16 non-governmental organisations has paralysed as much as half of its programmes, officials … Read more

My friend and neighbor Sue Konig gets endorsed by the Journal News to keep her seat as a Croton Trustee.

Go Sue Go! And my picture of her is better then the Journal News one … Our recommendations for Croton elections | lohud.com | The Journal News In the March 18 election, we endorse Schmidt, Brennan and Konig for their record of accomplishment. Schmidt, a chiropractor, has served on the village board for seven years, … Read more

The Catholic Church (including me) on the immorality of killing human embryos for research

There's quite a lot to unpackage following the President's long-expected lifting of the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. You can read a little bit about it here – LifeNet: Full statement of President Obama executive order allowing taxpayer funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research The Catholic League for Religous and Civil … Read more