Imagine living in a place where there is no government, no regulation, no taxation, and certainly no objections to anything that will alter your mind. It’s a place beyond the…
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There’s nothing sadder than an aging hipster, said comedian/polemicist Lenny Bruce. Little did he know his comment was spawning a cottage industry. There’s a band called Ageing Hipsters. A travel…
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The nominations are in. Her, Spike Jonze’s film romance story between man and computer, scored five Academy Awards bids on Thursday, February 6th, including a nod for best original screenplay for…
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Author James Baldwin once noted that “The future is like heaven — everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.” Baldwin has a point about heaven, but…
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We’ve just finished a week of prognostication. If you turned on the TV, there likely was someone screaming about who would win the Big Game. We’re speaking, of course, about…
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See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. There are a few good reasons to move to Cambodia (known as Kampuchea or the Kingdom of Cambodia by its natives). The beer is…
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Let me introduce you to a potential new partner. How would you like to do business with someone who will steal your intellectual property, undermine you by booting key employees…
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See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. There’s a radio commercial playing in the Los Angeles area that sums up the Western attitude toward Laos. In the commercial, a…
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This is part of an occasional series on Prepping for Disaster. In the wake of a disaster or uprising that upends normal life, your first considerations are food and shelter.…
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A small device is causing a big argument across the nation, pitting utilities against their customers. The issue is whether smart meters are a good thing — or a dangerous, radioactive,…