The Environmental Clock & Destiny

An Editorial on the Current State of Affairs, by Bea Garth, copyright 2009
Here it is right after September 11–eight years since the attack on the  twin towers in NYC. It is good to see that some people are using this as a time to heal, plant gardens and respect  the dead. I agree, all this [...]

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the dollar, freedom and the change train

Essay by Bea Garth
copyright 2009

Do any of us want to look and see what is starting to happen overseas to the dollar?? Ouch! It seems several countries just met in Yekaterinburg: Russia, China, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrghyzstan and Uzbekistan, with observer status for Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia  for trade discussions. The so-called BRIC [...]

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On Propaganda, Free News and the Art of Change

by Bea Garth, copyright 2008
Just thought I’d put in my two cents today. Saw this brief report on PBS. Apparently there is a New York Times article that has revealed that the Bush administration has made a policy of manufacturing the news by handpicking ex generals and such to feed us whatever line the administration [...]

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On Comparing Health Care Systems

by Bea Garth, copyright 2008
I was just listening to Charlie Rose. He had T.R. Reid on who has written an important book about health care. He has examined health care systems in other developed countries and compared their systems to that in America.
As he tells it, despite our health care system being one [...]

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