A Noble Experiment? The Prohibition Act

a doctor with her hands up

The American Prohibition Act of 1920 outlawed the use, possession, transportation, manufacture and distribution of alcoholic beverages. But despite the wreckage that this generally good-intentioned law caused in the U.S., it was referred to by President Herbert Hoover and many other people of the time as the Noble Experiment. According to Nebraska Studies.ORG, the logic … Read more

Playgrounds for seniors

a group of women doing yoga

I recently became aware of an innovation from the Finnish playground manufacturer Lappset: the playgrounds (in Finnish, leikkialue) for senior citizens. First I was not sure should I was going to laugh or what, but then I decided to take it as a reflection of today’s culture.,Lets face the facts: the population of industrialized countries … Read more

Breast Cancer goes from 0-150 mph in under 9 seconds

Breast Cancer goes from 0-150mph in under 9 seconds,‘Don’t Wait for the Green Light’ is Andy’s sometimes humorous but highly emotional new book about her fight to get back on the race track.,Perth, Western Australia, July 2020: Andy Kahle turned her blog – written to keep her family up to date while she was undergoing … Read more