Technology and the Environment...

It’s no secret that computer hardware that is improperly throw out turns into an environmental nightmare. Recently, Greenpeace in SouthEast Asia warned how computer software could adversely affect the environment. In a Feb. 3rd article, it announced that Windows Vista would be the cause of a whole lot of e-waste in developing countries due to outdated computer hardware being incompatible with the new operating system....

Literacy Education – part 2...

A few weeks ago, I posted about the importance of tech-ie literacy being taught in schools. Here is an article from PBS’s TeacherSource about media literacy. ...

“Our own fate is of less importanc...

“It is for the sake of the children mainly that we have to care for. Our own fate is of less importance.” – Otto Frank Letters from Anne Frank’s father have been recently uncovered at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York. The above quote is from one such letter in which Mr. Frank also discloses the hardships he was facing in attempting to emigrate to the United States. Click here for more of the...

No Hay Justicia...

Since 1993, there have been almost 400 women who have been murdered and about 70 still missing from the boarder town of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. ...

A Different Sort of Spanish Inquisition...

Spain is impressive these days when it comes to the fashion world. They recently began a ban on overly-thin models based on the body mass index (you have to be 18 and up). In recent shows, they turned down several models because they were too skinny. What an amazing message Spain is sending. Who wants to see the media glorify underweight models who look like they should be in a hospital bed rather than on the runway? Let’s place a premium on healthy and joyful living rather than on a distorted view of beauty. A healthy woman, full of joy, who is a blessing to others...