Category: Opinion

  • Planet Killers: An Alien’s Viewpoint On Oil Addiction

    In the ocean the dead zones continue to grow as if they were alive. And they are. I arrived from my Waterworld and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico and had trouble right away because of the dead zone near what you land people call the mouth of the Mississippi. In my world, whose…

  • History Repeats Itself: Witches Still Outcasts in Salem

    Norman Watne When you think of Salem, Massachusetts, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Witches? goblins or perhaps ghosts? This is the time of year when Salem explodes with all kinds of excitement—Halloween!—with parades and parties galore. But let me tell you, there is a part of Salem much darker than…