Hoppin’ down the Bernie Trail

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." Atticus Finch....

Meet the Berners

Who are you and why are you here? ©Scott Sines When a crowd of Berners gathered at a Memphis coffee shop to watch a Sanders/Clinton debate it wasn’t a 'line out...

The Problem: examples

In Memphis they're pressing hard against their food problems. At least 30 percent of adults were obese in thirteen states including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. The same...

How are you a teller of stories?

©Scott Sines Today I was asked that question directly and the honest answer is that my entire family and circle of friends are a bunch of liars. I wish...

Sleeping with the mushrooms

Here's an interesting take on modern burials. It suggests that accepting death is a key part of taking care of the environment on our way out. And that many...

Election 2016: Charleston… Baltimore… Roseburg… San Bernardino… Colorado Springs… Columbus… New Orleans… Chicago… Platte,...

Tennessee residents have three days to register to vote in the 2016 primaries. Mississippi residents have until February 27. ©By Scott Sines Your vote is particularly important in this primary...

Accidents

Trying to protect profit margins, media outlets have reduced staff and chosen to strictly limit coverage to circulation/viewership boundaries. This hollowing out of news coverage has created a void...

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...

cont’d from: The Problem

Examples of news coverage erosion: -- When a recently repurposed, sixty-year-old, pipeline ruptured in Mayflower, Arkansas, it spilled thousands of barrels of diluted bitumen (tar sands oil) into a stream...

Ohio regulators quaking over fracking

There is a ton of environmental news going on in Ohio right now that is worth monitoring. For the first time state regulators have tied hydraulic fracturing to a...