Red noses & feather boas

Imagine this scene: A small group of clowns is makings its way to the G8 Alternatives march [in the UK]. They pass over a bridge above the motorway. Half a dozen policemen line up, they face the line of clowns and stare at each other. Two clowns start to count down: “Three, two one – [...]

It won’t always be this way

Last week, I heard a reference to acid rain and recalled how trees and lakes in Eastern Canada were once dying from toxic rains.  Emissions of sulfur and nitrogen were being belched out of large smokestacks, owned by even larger companies in the US, and carried north where they drizzled down on our environment. The [...]