Back in the 1970s, many of us idolized Evel Knievel. He was a rock star, sports hero and folk legend in one. He was both a daredevil and a cool character. Back then, his jumps over buses, fountains and canyons inspired us to launch our bicycles into the air and…
May 24, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. — An Indianapolis Star article on efforts to make the Indianapolis 500 more environmentally friendly notes that the race recently switched to biodegradable latex balloons for the traditional balloon launch. "But any time you disperse massive amounts of waste randomly with no way to get…
There's a patch of ocean out there about as far as you can get from people on this small blue marble we call Earth, and it is slowly filling with tiny flecks of plastic. First, they said it was a "large area" the size of Texas. Then it was two…
Of the tens of billions of dollars in cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other illegal drugs consumed in America each year, most come from or through Mexico. In their wake, the narco-industry has left a brutal legacy of violence that plays out nightly on our news -- decapitations, executions, assassinations and…
The Symposium"We are at the Awana Kijal Golf, Beach & Spa Resort, a nine-story monster of a building, which conveniently has an ice cold conference room with no windows, just like all the others in thousands of hotels around the world. Kill the lights and fire up the PowerPoint. You…
