Abuse

What degree of abuse do you accept and why? Why do we allow the rapists of the world, the Dick Cheneys of the world to ruin our only chance?

4.5 billion pounds of fat ~= 30 million people

The nation’s roughly 4.5 billion excess pounds still skew heavily to the Southeast, with eight of the nation’s 10 most obese states clustered near the Gulf and Atlantic coasts and along the southern Appalachian Mountains. Among the top 10, only Oklahoma...

Ours is a culture of mutilation

The tailpipes. The piercings and ratios. The boob jobs. The fracking and mining and oil spilled. The cancer and bullet holes. The squandered wildlife. The synthetic immortal chemistry. The worship of corruption and violence. The destruction of basic living senses...