From the Editor…
Where to begin, this should have been the first issue of our second year… I guess I’ll start there, with a great big thank you to everyone who has been following since our inception and during our growth over the last year. Without the support of readers and...
The Stanford Experiment and Prison Planet
From the Editor… In 1971, psychologist Philip Zimbardo and his colleagues set out to create an experiment that looked at the impact of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. Zimbardo, a former classmate of Stanley Milgram (who is best-known for his famous obedience experiment, was interested in expanding upon...
From the Editor…
AH! Spring has officially sprung. And this year the weather and temperatures are much more like normal, that is, frozen and cold, so it appears, so far, that there is no flood danger this year. This is of course a huge relief for the citizens of Perth-Andover. But, naturally...
From the Editor…
I recently watched the terrific documentary ‘Garbage Warrior’ which chronicles both the achievements and battles of renegade architect Michael Reynolds. He began experimenting with building self contained homes made from recycled materials in the 1970s in New Mexico. He, and his team of fellow innovators, began building deep-green, low...
From the Editor…
Some months back I read an interesting editorial comment in one of the daily provincial papers. This editorial essay commented upon what a big fat waste of money it is to have so many services provided all over the province in our “crazy patchwork of rural communities”. The author...
Strange Days
From the Editor… We prefer to focus on the positive in our little newspaper. That is, we don’t really see the benefit in spreading bad news. It brings people down, it spreads fear (which is why mainstream media are eternal gushers of news of misery!) and it just isn’t...
The “Law of Attraction” and our local economies
From the Editors… Most folks have some passing acquaintance with the so-called “Law of Attraction” these days. The concept has been discussed and popularized by many of our cultural idols and gurus, not to mention what the Bible has to say about the concept: As you sow, so shall...
From the Editor
Ah! We have celebrated the important Winter Solstice of 2012 and are now moving into 2013. Crazy stuff is happening all over. Mass murders, violence….but these are all events designed to keep us fearful and paranoid. Heck, it’s worked up till now! We have placidly accepted the yoke of...
From the Editor…
The latest, shocking horrific mass murder has just taken place at an elementary school in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Yet another “Lone Gunman” supposedly went crazy and killed a bunch of people before conveniently killing himself. This case is particularly horrendous because 20 innocent little first graders were killed. As...
Table Talk…
From the editor Greetings & Salutations to all! Can you believe that December is here already? In case you think it is just you, even scientists….those High Priests of Empirical Evidence who have to see stuff in a test tube before they believe it is true…now agree that something...