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From Genes to Sex: The Many Guises of Human Trafficking
By John Messeder at April 18, 2013 | 11:31 am | 0 Comment
As I write this, the Supreme Court of the United States is hearing arguments about whether a company can own a human gene. It’s not quite as sexy a topic as same-sex marriage, so we’ll likely not hear much about… Read the rest
[...read more]Atomic States of America; a documentary of nuclear power
By John Messeder at April 3, 2013 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
Nuclear power is clean, government-regulated, and safe – until something goes wrong. In a 92-minute documentary titled “Atomic States of America,” co-directors Don Argot and Sheena M. Joyce trace the development of nuclear power – and what have turned out… Read the rest
[...read more]Guides, Science, Say Susquehanna Safe for Recreation, but Smallmouth Fishery Needs Help
By John Messeder at March 26, 2013 | 12:25 pm | 0 Comment
In 2005, the Susquehanna River was listed by American Bassmaster magazine as one of the top five smallmouth bass fisheries in the United States. No longer.
Young smallmouth bass have, for the past several years, been displaying spots, lesions and… Read the rest
[...read more]GMO Bill Author Says It’s About Choice
By John Messeder at March 15, 2013 | 8:38 am | 0 Comment
Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery & Delaware counties, told a gathering in the state capitol Tuesday morning his bill to require labeling of genetically engineered foods was about allowing consumers to make choices, not a statement about food safety.… Read the rest
[...read more]Do We Wait for the River to Die to Call It Ill
By John Messeder at February 15, 2013 | 7:54 am | 0 Comment
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission issued a report on the river this week, with a call for more reliable funding of its assigned data collection program.
The Commissions goal is to make water resources information and data available to the… Read the rest
[...read more]Future Holds Promise For Electric Commuter Cars
By John Messeder at February 8, 2013 | 9:25 am | 0 Comment
A recent story in Reuters posited electric cars are headed toward another dead end. The outcome was illustrated at the Pennsylvania Auto Show last month in Harrisburg, where there was plenty of emphasis on gasoline and precious little on electric… Read the rest
[...read more]Judge’s Finger Rests on Sunshine Switch
By John Messeder at January 25, 2013 | 1:10 pm | 0 Comment
A Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, judge may soon have a say in whether citizens have a right to know what decisions are made when their elected officials gather to make them. Currently, some gatherings of elected officials can claim protection from… Read the rest
[...read more]Energy & Environment , Marcellus Shale , Pennsylvania Issues , Political , Watch Dog
Focusing on Assault-Style Guns Is a Distraction
By John Messeder at January 18, 2013 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
Twenty children and six adults were killed in a Connecticut elementary school, 10 days short of Christmas; one wonders what will convince us to stop killing our kids.
Almost before the shooter, 20-year-old Andy Lanza, had stopped pulling the triggers… Read the rest
[...read more]Earth’s Reset Button
By John Messeder at December 28, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
Well, the weather outside is … two inches and still coming down at my house. The son showed up with his two-year-old. I picked up some snow and threw it at the little guy. He handed Dad his piece of… Read the rest
[...read more]“Wall to Wall, Throughout the Day”
By John Messeder at December 21, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
A congresswoman in Arizona, movie-goers in Colorado, Sikhs in Wisconsin, mall shoppers in California and Washington. Unfortunately, I could go on. Sons and daughters in Afghanistan.
“These were BABIES. There’s just no comparison,” a friend said of last Friday’s mass… Read the rest
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