by Carl Howard | Dec 1, 2013 | Charity and Philanthropy, Medicine, Resources, Food and Environment
This post was originally published by Mango Salute at http://mangosalute.com/salutetheday/world-aids-day-it-s-not-doom-and-gloom The HIV/AIDS epidemic is one of the most serious health crises in the world – which is something we all know. Even if you’re...
by Carl Howard | Nov 25, 2013 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Charity and Philanthropy, Feminism and LGBT, Race, Science and Skepticism, Society
Some recent events got me thinking about the troubles with the idea of being reasonable. Of course, I’m all for the practice of reason. The problem is using it as a label in argument, especially when it’s done with rhetorical flourish. A great background post to this...
by Carl Howard | Nov 19, 2013 | Charity and Philanthropy, Medicine, Resources, Food and Environment
This post was originally published by Mango Salute at http://mangosalute.com/salutetheday/world-toilet-day-confronting-important-unmentionables Whenever you turn on the TV or even check your postbox, you will encounter dozens of charities and causes competing...
by Carl Howard | Nov 14, 2013 | Charity and Philanthropy, History, Interesting Stuff, Resources, Food and Environment, Science and Skepticism, Society
Every year, Edge.org publishes responses of about 100-150 scientists, philosophers, public intellectuals (and alas some, cranks) to a single question. It’s generally an interesting read, previous posts are about the 2011 question (What is the most important invention...
by Carl Howard | Oct 22, 2013 | Blog Topics, Charity and Philanthropy, Ethics, Resources, Food and Environment, Science and Skepticism, Society
So, you still think we’re not utterly fucked as a species? I offer two exhibits. Exhibit A Namibia is having the worst drought in 30 years. At the time of UNICEF’s video (below), about 1/3 of Namibians were facing food insecurity. Crops have failed and for...
by Carl Howard | Jan 23, 2013 | Blog Topics, Charity and Philanthropy, Race
Perhaps this is shooting fish in a barrel but I came across a meme on Facebook that really ticked me off — even more than the previous meme I posted about. Here it is: Top half has a black background with a white girl looking perplexed and disappointed. Corrected...
