Just about three years ago (I missed the actual day by 3 days), I joined ProgressiveU. I joined for much of the same reason the majority of you probably joined; I found out about the scholarship opportunity on Fastweb, and decided to give it a shot.  Read More »

Without a doubt, there are clear distinctions between writing blogs and practicing journalism. Blogs allow writers and readers to be participants in conversations, which creates a more dynamic relationship between blogs users compared to newspapers or magazines.  Read More »

I'm the aunt of 3 former preemies. Between the three, my family spent 7 months in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). During our time there, we noticed that so many families are simply unprepared. Many weren't expecting to give birth for months and had not even begun shopping. When the medical expenses were added...  Read More »

So I'm still reeling from the aftermath of a bar fight; not normally something I get involved in, first because I rarely drink in bars and second, because I rarely fight (I think I've been in a total of three physical fights in my life, if that,) but last night I found myself fighting with a guy three times my size after he sexually harrassed a friend.  Read More »

Recently in the blogosphere there has been a renewal of posts claiming that anthropogenic global warming is not real. Paul Hudson, climate correspondent with the BBC posted a blog in which he claims that there has been no global warming in the past 11 years.  Read More »

There is a theory in Philosophy called truth relativism. This theory basically says that everyone has their own truth. Let's say we've got a religious guy who believes the Earth is around 7,000 years old. Then we've got a geologist who says the Earth is around 4.5 billion years old. Truth relativism wants to show that both opinions are right. This is where the theory fails.  Read More »

Our federal government’s concerns for Wilderness and public health are similar. Just as this nation’s health care plan for the uninsured and underinsured seems to be “don’t get sick,” the Forest Service has marginalized Wilderness advocates by failing to allocate resources and create policy that preserves Wilderness character.  Read More »

Professor Anthony Broccoli, Ph.D. is an associate chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University, as well as the co-director of the Climate and Environmental Change Initiative and director of the Center for Environmental Prediction for the university.  Read More »