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This is according to some of the greatest thinkers of our time and is the subject of a new book, “The Way We Will Be 50 Years From Today."
In the year 2058:
• We’ll all know our personal DNA sequencing, allowing medical treatments and health-prevention strategies to be tailored to our genetic profiles.
• The recognition that infection causes most chronic diseases will lead to vaccines against schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, heart disease, Parkinson’s...
Seems like there's some good news on the never ending War on Terror.
The Washington Post interviewed CIA boss Michael Hayden and he said al-Qaida is essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and on the defensive throughout much of the world.
You can read the entire story here.
Do you believe the CIA? Is this a war we can ever say we won?
A new poll has found that more California voters now support allowing same-sex marriage than oppose it.
Wednesday's results mark the first time in over three decades of polling by the Field Poll that more California voters have approved of extending marriage to gay couples than have disapproved.
You can read the whole story here.
Meanwhile, officials are telling county clerks that they can start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on June 17. Get those details here.
What a weekend for weather! Wind! Rain! Chill in the air!
My family met up at my uncle's cabin in Tehachapi for a few days, and it felt like winter. The clouds surrounded us in the mountains and the drizzle dampened everything but our spirits. With the warm fire in the fireplace, and blankets wrapped around us, it was perfect weather for napping and board games. Even though it was chilly, I was thankful for the respite from the normal end-of-May heat.
How did the weather affect your...
My blood boiled immediately at the news that a federal appeals court ruled our currency discriminates against blind people.
So does Internet porn was my immediate reaction.
I went around this morning to do a personal sensitivity check. Am I too insensitive to see the need that if money was in different shapes it would be better for blind people.
Probably would. Is that way in most countries, I'm told.
My reality is I'm set in my ways. I don't want a whole bunch of currency...
As gas prices creep up to and into the $4 range a new poll has found that Americans are driving less to compensate for the higher prices.
However, the main street economic crunch caused by rising gas prices and rising food prices, has had little impact on how much we eat.
The entire story is here.
Is this you? Have you cut back on driving, yet continue with the same eating habits?
This news was reported yesterday by the Associated Press:
The Los Angeles city attorney said Monday that county workers authorized to perform marriage ceremonies must be willing to conduct same-sex marriages under last week's landmark court ruling, regardless of their personal views on homosexuality.
The entire story can be found here.
This reminded us of when pharmacists have refused to give out birth control because it conflicts with their religious beliefs.
Is it only a matter of time...
The California Supreme Court has just overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage, paving the way for the state to become the second in the United States where gay and lesbian residents can marry.
The justices released the 4-3 decision earlier Thursday, saying that domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage.
Outside the courthouse, gay marriage supporters cried and cheered as news spread of the decision
You can read the whole story here.
Thump. Gasp! Thud.
That's how the deadly accident happened on my way home from work Monday evening.
I had just turned onto South Montclair Street off Stockdale Highway and was driving fairly slowly, 25 to 30 miles per hour.
I was listening to music and thinking about my dog and how happy he would be to see me...How happy I would be to see him.
My window was rolled down and, in less than a second, I saw from the corner of my eye how the low-flying bird (What was it thinking?!) was caught...
Tornadoes in America, cyclones in Myanmar, and now a huge earthquake hits China and the death toll is expected to clear the 10,000 mark.
Hurricane Katrina wasn't that long ago, nor was the Indian Ocean tsunami which claimed 230,000 lives.
Yes, natural disasters have killed humans ever since humans have been around, but the occurrences do seem to have increased in their frequency lately.
Or is the media simply more fascinated with reporting on doom and gloom than it ever has been before?
So there I am, hitting a hybrid to the green on the 4th hole at Kern River Golf Course when I notice a mosquito is drinking the blood from my fair-skinned leg.
Before the round was done, a few more mosquitoes thought my blood was sweet nectar.
And this morning, I heard Rachel Legan on the radio talk about how she was bit by mosquitoes over the weekend.
I have gone for years in this town without getting bit by mosquitoes. Is there something amiss this year? Have you found that you are as...
A story moved on our wires today about a University of Michigan study which found having a husband creates an extra seven hours of housework a week for the wife. Meanwhile, a man saves an hour a week of housework by having a wife.
You can read the whole story here.
Husbands: Your wife has probably got enough to moan about without you telling her about this study.
Wives: Try to temper the ill-feeling that this study brings you and accentuate the positive. Namely, that for every hour you're...
A story recently moved on our wires about the tactic of driving a few miles per hour slower to save on gas. Here's an excerpt from the story.
"Researchers say today’s cars are most fuel efficient at speeds between around 30 and 60 mph, and mileage drops sharply at speeds above 65 as engines work harder to overcome wind resistance that rises exponentially. If drivers were forced to slow down — and lower speed limits were enforced — the thirst for fuel could be...
Who can afford to drive these gas guzzlers anymore?
"Sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks — symbols of Americans' obsession with horsepower, size, and status — are falling out of favor as consumers rich and poor encounter sticker shock at the pump, paying upward of $80 to fill gas tanks."
The full story is here.
If the rain continues to stay away from California, we could soon be watering our lawns on designated days and washing our cars with buckets instead of hoses.
(story here)
I know, I know, we've heard it all before.
But it's going to happen. Whether it's this year, or the next, or the one after that.
— Andrew Mockett
Who says the media doesn't report good news?
Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon University is not the best fast-pitch softball hitter in America. Her batting average is .153.
She had never hit a home run.
Until Saturday. With two runners on, she blasted a ball over the center field fence. As she rounded first, she collasped with a knee injury.
Under the rules, she would be limited to a single if she couldn't go any farther. Her teammates couldn't help her or she would be called out.
The...
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