Full Moon -

A quick introduction to the impact of the full moon on culture and art throughout history, the first five minutes is best interpreted thusly: Go look at the full moon, and think about it. Following the introduction, Assuras breathes some life into the story by finding the modern equivalent of moon worship. Moonstruck author and hopeless romantic John Patrick Shanley, repudiating mounds of scientific proof to the contrary, explains how a full moon must physically influence the water-composed bodies of humans, like tides in the ocean, every 28.5 days. Interesting, except for the "proof" that the moon's gravitational pull is constant.
in Sunday Morning by Thalia Assuras, 20 April 2008
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Water Woes -

Low water levels along the banks of the Colorado are indicative of serious trouble ahead for the Southwest, says Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Experts agree that places like Las Vegas will have to consume 90 percent less water just to keep reservoirs high enough to keep power flowing out of Hoover Dam. Agriculture is the other main drain on the reservoirs, and groups like the avocado farmers in this report are suffering under forced restrictions. There are enough disturbing statistics in this report to argue, as Kennedy does, that the struggle over water will soon be a defining issue for this generation.
in Sunday Morning by Jerry Bowen, 20 April 2008
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