Dialogic Magazine

The EPA has picked 7 sites in 5 states that it will focus on for its national study of the effects of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water.

The scientific method itself in and of itself is not necessarily a problem. Yet when one combines that practice with economies of scale that have become the standard in modern societies, the potential hazards and risks go to unprecedented levels.

It has been noted repeatedly that almost no top bankers have faced serious consequences for their actions in the financial crisis. But there is a Wall Street corollary that might be even more pernicious: good guys are punished.

Xenia Blogger Marsha Trent takes a look at Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot's book on Passion, Risk, and Adventure in The Third Chapter. This review is the first post in a series of blogs on purpose and meaning in "the third chapter" of life.