Yes, Getting Chickens Is A Great Idea
Sorry, dogs and cats. Chickens are the best kind of animal to add to a household. They eat bugs, make compost, and give eggs. Read More …
DIY Minimalist First-Aid Kit
How do you reconcile the “two is one, one is none” mentality of emergency preparedness with a desire for budget-friendly minimalism? The short answer is: the more you know, the less you need! An even shorter answer is: when in doubt, ask an expert. Why? Read More …
How Living Through Hurricane Hugo Changed Me
Thirty years ago this September, the second worst storm ever to make landfall on the Atlantic coast of the USA hit my town. I was 11 years old, and lived in Charleston, SC with my family. The afternoon of September 21, we lined up in Read More …
Prison Isn’t The Answer To Crime
“Do the crime, do the time” is a pretty accurate summary of American judicial philosophy. The assumption that criminals should be put in prison is so fundamental that most people have trouble imagining anything else. However, there are more effective and less expensive solutions to many Read More …
An Objective Look At Firearm Violence
The ongoing debate over mass shootings and gun control made me curious about the rate of actual firearm violence over the last few decades. I was surprised to see that virtually every chart available online contained cherry-picked data, either devoid of historical context, or a Read More …
Carbs & Insulin Explained In Plain English
Have you noticed that there’s a tremendous amount of confusion associated with nutrition in general, and carbohydrates in particular? Let’s clear things up. What Is A Carb? First of all a carb is not a TYPE of food, it is a PART of food. There Read More …
Positive Intelligence vs. Emotional Agility
Are unpleasant feelings a valuable doorway to personal insight, or are they the destructive byproduct of misdirected survival instincts? Two best selling books square off on opposite sides of this debate. In Emotional Agility, psychologist and TED Talk favorite Susan David encourages us to seek Read More …