By Kyra-lin Hom
Welcome back. Last week I gave a brief summary of our use and misuse of the infamous material known as plastic. I mentioned that the US produces over 30 million tons a year (2/3 of which is essentially single-use) yet only…MORE
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Wed, 01/29/14
By Kyra-lin Hom
Welcome back. Last week I gave a brief summary of our use and misuse of the infamous material known as plastic. I mentioned that the US produces over 30 million tons a year (2/3 of which is essentially single-use) yet only…MORE
Mon, 01/27/14
By Kyra-lin Hom
Let’s take a break from the recent film binge and talk about something we all use every single day. No, I’ll go further and say this is something we use nearly every single hour of every day. In 2010, the world produced 330…MORE
Thu, 01/23/14
By Marjorie Young
To the overwhelming joy of so many in the region, the Seattle Seahawks are Super Bowl bound! The NFC Championship game against the San Francisco Forty-Niners was a true nail-biter, the outcome decided in the final seconds…MORE
Fri, 01/17/14
By Kyra-lin Hom
By age 12, we all know Hollywood is fake. We’ve learned about wires, prosthetics, and special effects. If you’re like me, you’ve converted hours of behind the scenes footage into hours of messing about with friends and a…MORE
Wed, 01/15/14
By Gwen Davis “What does it say about us, the Democratic Party, when we elect a socialist? What does it say when a union gives up a hard-fought fight to a corporation, even when we have Democrat elected officials? What does it say about us?”…MORE
Sat, 01/04/14
By Kyra-lin Hom
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas – if that’s your thing. If not, hopefully you had a wonderful Hannukah, Kwanzaa, and the like. Some of my friends have celebrated Aslan Day (Aslan, the lion from the Narnia series)…MORE
Thu, 01/02/14
With New Year bells chiming, some Ballard readers might be thinking of their own mortality. How many years will we amble about in occupied splendored haze thinking about the job, global warming, commerce, Facebook, smartphones, play-dough, and…MORE
Fri, 12/27/13
By Marjorie Young
South Africa and the world recently lost Nelson Mandela, a towering figure whose impact on humanity is nearly beyond measure. To be sure, he fought against the horrors of Apartheid, ultimately gaining freedom and equality…MORE
Fri, 12/27/13
Jim McNerney, CEO The Boeing Company 100 North Riverside Chicago, IL 60606
Dear Mr. McNerney:
The squeeze that you and Boeing are putting on your machinist workers’ pensions, pay scales and your stance on other labor issues…MORE
Tue, 12/17/13
There has been a lot of talk in recent years about the over compensation and gross salaries of corporate CEO types. According to GMI Ratings, who conducted a survey of over 2,000 American CEO’s, 2013 saw the top ten highest paid CEO’s making more…MORE