In Plain English, Please: A Guide to Language Change.

By Katie, Cosmic Irony http://lunawolf.wordpress.com

English is taught as a concrete language with definite rules for spelling, pronunciation, and grammar. Deviations in the rules are punished in grade school with thick, dark, red lines to grab the attention of the student and say, “Wrong!” But what if it is the teachers that are wrong? What if the spelling that a child gives a word makes more sense than the standardized spelling? Who made the standard anyway? Why do we have rules, and why do they always seem to break themselves in English?

Republicans are feeding Fascism.

By Katie, Cosmic Irony http://lunawolf.wordpress.com

[Note: References to "Republicans" in the following work refer to the Republican Party (GOP) of the United States.]

I’m reading a book by Thom Hartmann called “Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class.” The idea it presents is that the neo-conservative powers are being paid by corporations to control the will of the American people so that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This will create an elite ruling class and drive wages down so Americans will work for next to nothing while the corporations reel in the dough. In short, they are all fascists.

Global Warming: Why Should We Care?

By Katie, Cosmic Irony http://lunawolf.wordpress.com

Note: This post is Chapter Six of an eight chapter work by a guest author.

Chapter Six: Why Should We Care?

Although there have been many different models and predictions about the future effects of global warming, scientists agree that the temperature is going to rise if nothing is done to curb emissions. The effects of this rise will be dolorous. The models have changed over the years and some have been reduced from over-exaggerated numbers, but this can be attributed to the development of better technologies. With these better technologies, it has been predicted that the earth’s temperature will rise between 2-4° F over the next hundred years. Fresh water stored in glaciers will no longer be available if the glaciers melt. Unpredictable weather will destroy agriculture all over the world. As part of a delicate ecosystem, animals will disappear from the globe forever.