Of course we all know that chicken soup – “Grandma’s Penicillin” – is good for curing much of what ails you. Some of us have passed the secret of this liquid medical wonder on for generations without really knowing from where its medicinal value comes.
My great grandmother would add several cloves of garlic to boost [...]
Thirty years ago today, on March 28, 1979, at 10:55 a.m, some 6 hours and 55 minutes after the sudden shut down of the TMI-2 reactor, Pennsylvania Lt. Governor William Scranton issued this statement: “The Metropolitan Edison Company has informed us that there has been an incident at Three Mile Island, Unit #2. Everything is [...]
Secret Ingredients
Missoula, Mont., has more than its share of great eateries. The absolute best burger in the world comes off the tiny grill at the scruffy Missoula Club, or a breakfast of brains and eggs and other memorable fare at Oxford Saloon and Café. This town has a surprising list of high end restaurants that [...]
Here’s something else to worry about.
It seems the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has become a bit concerned about the security or, at least the location of, hundreds of thousands of glow-in-the-dark exit signs that are being used throughout the country.
This week, the NRC sent a notice to 61 corporations and organizations possessing 500 or [...]
Pet lovers got a shock a couple of years ago when an investigation by Consumer Affairs discovered that many of the pet toys made in China contained toxic heavy metals or other dangerous substances.
I should know better, but for some reason I believed that the Food and Drug Administration cracked down on these poisonous playthings. [...]
Travelling to the other coast is always a broadening experience for me. Not only because of the abundance of food that somehow never makes it to the Northwest (think delicatessen) but because of the strangeness that seems to flourish on the side of the country where the sun rises first.
I’m back in Washington this week, the one on the Potomac. It didn’t take me long to remember that the person staffing the Oval Office may not have a lot to say about how the government really functions.
The absurdities of how agencies do their jobs continues to stun the new president’s team, especially when it [...]
Melamine, food poisoning, honey laundering, new rules
Since our owners say the Post-Intelligencer will stop publishing in about 60 days, I thought I’d occasionally send my loyal followers some fodder to bulk up their reading material to use in our absence.
I’m not sure whether this first offering should be filed under fiction or non-fiction, but the White House has issued [...]
Making tea and searching the internet on Google can harm the world. carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas emissions
