Author: Devilstower

Sunday in the Sticks

In the spirit of Saturday morning garden blogging, I wanted to invite everyone to come spend Sunday in the country.   Five years ago, my family bought a half-finished log home that’s located only about thirty miles...

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Beating Creationists

A couple of times now, I’ve been called on to duke it out with creationists trying to “balance” a school curriculum.  Actually, to be fair, once I was called on, once I volunteered — loudly....

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Cleaner, Safer Nuclear Power

For decades, scientists have worked toward the dream of harnessing a fusion reaction.  Fusion, which involves the joining together of two light atomic nuclei, should produce much more energy and much less radioactive waste...

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Straw Democrats

After two terms of neo-con rule, the nation is looking at thousands dead, hundreds of billions wasted, a national reputation in tatters, record oil prices, record deficits, and an economy so antsy it goes from red to black and...

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