The Sugar House Gang
By Scott Sines
The Sugar House Gang was a mob of mostly Jewish street toughs, bootleggers and hijackers. They began as a street gang terrorizing local merchants. When Prohibition started...
Food aid: practicing what we preach.
Scott Sines, ©The Green Rocket News
Sailing beneath the popularity of the locavore/locally sourced food efforts are billions of U.S. dollars spent on food aid to foreign countries. The largest...
Ruby Ridge redux
©Scott Sines
I've been sitting on this comment for a while.
Just like I'm sure Chris Peck, Peggy Kuhr, Neal Pattison, Bill Morlin, Dianna Dawson, Colin Mulvany, Jesse Tinsley, Anne...
Skills Catalog
STORYTELLING
Storytelling is a combination of native talent and practiced art: Extreme curiosity, the ability to dig, and the creativity to develop and deliver a powerful narrative with a strong...
Words of wisdom
Take better pictures, write better stories
©Scott Sines
When I started work in San Antonio I was in computer training with Maury Maverick Jr. A Texas legend he was making a...
Cont’d from: Green Rocket?
cont'd…
The Problem
Traditional news organizations are in a free fall. Staff reductions and coverage cutbacks have created an information void among communities that should be connected though climate, culture and...
Pictures make us witnesses to fast moving news
There are lessons in the hard pictures
©Scott Sines
Bus Hijacking, San Antonio, TX, November 1985 -- These are hard pictures to look at but that's kind of the point....
Happy Birthday Green Machine
Green Machine Marks First Anniversary
For immediate release: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 9 am, CST
Contact: Ken Reordan 607-275-7402
Memphis’ Green Machine Mobile Market celebrates its first anniversary today. Since its launch, the...
Scientists Strengthen Link Between Prolonged Fracking and Large Quakes
This story was recently published in triple pundit.com.
By Jan Lee
Scientists have known for years that injection site activity for hydraulic fracturing can cause earthquakes. A study conducted by...
Hoppin’ down the Bernie Trail (cont’d)
Workin' at the bank
We're using an automated phone-dialer. I can make about 25 calls before my coherency completely collapses. I've made around 100 calls and talked to 18 people....