Trailer for the short movie “Las Palmas” by Johannes Nyholm Las Palmas wins the short film award of Gothenburg International Film Festival, Startsladden, as well as the Audience Award. The Jury statement reads: “Startsladden 2011 goes to a tragicomic movie in a crazy world that feels terribly familiar. An ingenious...

Police Arrest 11-year-old Over ‘Inappropriate’ Stick Figure Drawing Colorado, USA: Arvada Police are defending the way they handled the arrest of an 11-year-old boy.  The Arvada boy was arrested and hauled away in handcuffs from his home for drawing stick figures in school – something his therapist told him to...

DR. SAM RICHARDS is a sociologist and award-winning teacher who has been inspiring undergraduate students at Penn State since 1990. Every semester 725 students register for his race and ethnic relations course, one of the most popular classes at Penn State and the largest of its kind in the country. Through his natural facility...

FARMERS WHO PLANT MONSANTO’S GM CROPS probably don’t realize what they bargain for when they sign the Monsanto Technology Stewardship Agreement contract. One farmer reportedly ‘went crazy’ when he discovered the scope of the contract because it transfers ALL liability to the farmer or grower. Here is the paragraph that...