Dead Sea Cosmetics

Dead Sea Cosmetics

Enriched with high salinity, the Dead Sea is a rich resource for natural healing and anti-aging cosmetics. The Dead Sea, at 33% salinity is 8.6 times saltier than the ocean. Ahava Skin Care Products is the only cosmetics enterprise indigenous to the Dead Sea region, driven by a deep passion to unearth the secrets of the revitalizing effects of minerals on the skin. The Dead Sea has attracted visitors from around the world... 

January 31, 2009
Filed under Marketplace

Gumballs and Lemon Drops: The Pre-HOA Era

Gumballs and Lemon Drops: The Pre-HOA Era

Once upon a time … it was a time of gumballs and lemon drops.  Before Blagojevich, Edwards, and Spitzer. Before OBL. Children (well, high schoolers) listened to Def Leppard and Metallica while the Christian Right dubbed it “devil-music”; Ferris Bueller eluded convicted sex offender Jeffrey Jones (the principal) while Molly Ringwald and Emilio Esteviz captured our hearts and youthful lust for independence... 

January 31, 2009
Filed under Essays and Commentary

Bombing Corporate Jets

Bombing Corporate Jets

My gut has been yelping at me for weeks: “Let’s, for a minute, set aside our Christianity to riot in the streets, burn down bank buildings (Citigroup anyone?), and bomb corporate jets”. Even the mock-angry shock jocks don’t seem catastrophically upset enough over this one. Should I expect Rod Serling to soliloquy in the dim corner of my room? Or is this really happening? Newly inaugurated President... 

January 29, 2009
Filed under Earth