Moving Towards Sustainability: Why the Plastic Drinking Straw Signals a Starting Point
By Laura Kiesel07/20/2010
Even though I consider myself fairly low impact in most of my everyday practices, giving up the plastic straw was an oversight I didn't finally address until fairly recently. I had been on the way to weaning myself slowly off of excess waste: bringing my own tupperware to restaurants to pack leftovers (and simply not eating out as much), refusing paper and plastic bags in favor of my own canvas ones, and bringing my own reusable mugs and cutlery in my bag as part of a permanent carry-along item, along with my wallet, keys, and the ever-present pen & paper that always is on a self-identified writer's person.
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Obama, Liberals Threaten Our Nation
By Philip Mella07/07/2010
Since we just celebrated our nation's victory for independence, it's healthy to step back from the canvas of the current admininstration to better understand the genesis and current context of its policies.
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