Gently holding the hand of five year old Kathy Allison, John Haluska walked to the podium in the Pennsylvania State Senate. “Here is a little angel,” he told his colleagues, “who according to...
The scientists working at the Raytheon Company during World War II were undoubtedly highly stressed. Britain was being attacked by Nazi warplanes and their task was to develop an electronic system...
The advertisement for the jacket was particularly seductive because of the claim that it was made from recycled plastic bottles. I have long criticized the excessive use of such bottles, especially...
Back in the 1960s, I was a big fan of comic books, especially Superman. The back page often featured an ad promising that for just $1.25 one could “own a bowlful of happiness, filled with...
Health Canada recently issued an advisory about minimizing exposure to borax based on some studies that have found developmental and reproductive problems in animals. This raised questions among...
You know those stories about some sort of chemical being added to swimming pool water that changes colour if someone uses the pool as a pee pot? Well, they are not true. There is no such chemical....