Shaw's Eco-Logic

That's the title of my latest HND piece. Siloxane D5 is an important silicone, which was being investigated by the Canadian government, and recently received a clean bill of health from their ministries of the environment and health.

You should care about this because the Canadians are known as absolute sticklers on chemical regulation, and even our own EPA stopped worrying about D5 in 2005. Thus, the fear entrepreneurs got all excited when the Canadian investigation was announced, but have kept mum about the positive results.

What a shock.

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It is the earliest that Spring has arrived (1:14 AM EDT) for 116 years!                Hat tip to our friends at almanac.com.

My latest HND piece expands on this Ben Franklin quote, noting that charity is essential to the operation of our health care system. Overall, Americans are quite charitable, and I describe how some people in the real estate industry have come up with innovative ways to give back to the community.

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This recent HND piece takes a hard look at certain things widely considered "green" by today's standards, as well as truly green practices that are often completely overlooked. One of the worst examples is what passes for so-called green construction. Just one more example of how the conventional wisdom is almost always wrong.

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I bash the media and the NFL for their disingenuous sermonizing regarding this overblown story at Mike's Comments.

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