I just opened my Facebook page today and got bombarded with friend after friend who had posted the following to their facebook status: “Ethan Nichtern believes that no one should die because they cannot afford health care, and nobody should go broke because they get sick. If you agree, please post this as your status…

In honor of the passage of Vermont’s same-sex marriage law, Ben & Jerry’s has announced that for 30 days (only in Vermont), “Chubby Hubby” ice cream will be sold as “Hubby Hubby.” Stephen Colbert‘s Americone Dream could not be reached for comment, but rumors are that the caramel-and-waffley-chocolate-bits-flavor called the announcement a cheap publicity stunt…

I think this is so cool. MIT is conducting a research project which involves inserting “smart” chips into objects that become trash, which are then tracked in order to learn where all our trash goes. As they state on their Trash Track website: “Imagine a future where immense amounts of trash didn’t pile up on…

I’m a buddhist. I read the Wall Street Journal as often as I can. I don’t see how anyone interested in interdependence can ignore the WSJ. I think any buddhist interested in relieving suffering in this world of relative reality can enjoy it. And I think anyone interested in interdependence will enjoy the movie I…

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