Cristina Alarcon | Monday, 15 November 2010 An ecological blind spot Contraceptives are polluting women's bodies and the environment, but who cares? There is a huge effort today to protect the physical environment from the unintended … [Read more...]

"Just because we're on an airplane doesn't mean we change the way we do business! Just send me an email." "OK" "Oh, another email from that suckup Brian about the shareholder's meeting.  Watch this - delete!" "uh.." The legislature … [Read more...]

The current high sales tax / low gas tax formula leads to lots more driving to New Hampshire.  We should lower the sales tax to spur the local economy, and make up for the revenue short fall with a higher gas tax.  It's a … [Read more...]

I'm not sure if this is a HuffingtonPost exclusive or an open letter from Rep. Alan Grayson, but I want to second it and repeat it here because it's so great:Rep. Alan Grayson U.S. Congressman from Florida's 8th District Posted: September … [Read more...]

Alternet article by Brad Reed:"Artificial intelligence expert David Levy, who believes that "love and sex with robots are inevitable on a grand scale," thinks Kurzweil is being far too optimistic when he predicts that the first human-robot … [Read more...]

Is BlueMassGroup a libertarian blog?  How many people here consider themselves libertarians?  Please take the poll. Also, it wouldn't hurt to identify yourself in the comments. … [Read more...]

So far the reaction to the New Yorker article on the Koch Brothers has focused on right arms of the Kochtopus.  Welcome attention has been drawn to their semi-covert "independent think tanks" and their right wing agendas, such as the … [Read more...]

After the recent failure of global warming legislation in Congress, what do you think will be needed to revive similar national action? I think it's clear we are going to have to have a movement. [this is why we all should go to his talk … [Read more...]

Pssst: On the evening of August 29 Bill McKibben will talk about his new book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. In his book, McKibben calls for communities to act together in ways that best work for their own circumstances and … [Read more...]

Kudos to the Food Project, a local nonprofit that promotes urban gardening, and kudos for the US Department of Health and Human Services, and kudos to the Boston Globe for writing about local farms and bringing recognition to the Food … [Read more...]