Monthly Archives: May 2001

By | May 31, 2001

Question: Is it okay for developing nations to manufacture patented AIDS medications without paying US pharmaceutical companies royalties? Answer: Yes. (According to 52 of the nations in the United Nations. Only the United States voted “No”) My Answer: A very emphatic YES! Pharmaceutical companies like to talk about needing to recoup money they spent on… Read More »

By | May 31, 2001

Did you wake up sometime this week and think to yourself, Oh my god, George W. Bush is actually President of the United States? If you did, don’t worry. According to This article on The Onion, many people have just started to realize who the Leader of the Free World is.

Tao Te Ching translations

By | May 30, 2001

Image via Wikipedia As you may (or may not) know, I consider myself a Taoist. Even if I weren’t, however, I would still love the Tao Te Ching. This book is a masterpiece. It is charming, it is minimalistic in verbiage yet overflowing with meaning and insight. Most translations are remarkably poetic. The Tao Te… Read More »

Tao Te Ching translations

By | May 30, 2001

Image via Wikipedia As you may (or may not) know, I consider myself a Taoist. Even if I weren’t, however, I would still love the Tao Te Ching. This book is a masterpiece. It is charming, it is minimalistic in verbiage yet overflowing with meaning and insight. Most translations are remarkably poetic. The Tao Te… Read More »

By | May 17, 2001

This just in: Bush wants to give tax money to oil companies! In the latest of a large number of unbelievable domestic policies, President Bush will soon unveil his Energy policy. Basically, he will recommend building a lot of new electic plants around the nation, expanding Eminent Domain to take ownership of private propery to… Read More »