I have been living with an illusion. I believed that everybody was educated to know what the Nazis did in World War II and that use of Nazi symbols was illegal in Germany. Elon Musk’s apparent use of the Nazi salute violated those beliefs. Had the gesture been somehow different or accidental, a normal person would have apologized. Instead, he called criticism of his gesture a “dirty trick.”
We were lately in Millinocket, Maine, where one of the largest paper mills in the world closed in 2008, and wondered, after we got home, what was going to happen to the old mill site. According to ourkatahdin.com and other sources, the site has been bough … (read more)
The use of plastic mulch by hemp growers this past summer brought a new dimension to the Vermont landscape. We have all been aware of ‘ag plastics’ like hay bale coverings and maple sap pipeline for some time, but we assumed the waste plastic would be man … (read more)
