One of the benefits of being an old guy and living in Washington, D.C., is that I have had the privilege of meeting almost every U.S. President since Eisenhower.
My dawg Dylan says we'll be able to smoke weed in public like anywhere, because they're gonna fire all the cops in town. Think about it, dude. No cops! No firemen either, so my posse can build a smokin' bonfire at the lake.
In 2004, the Tsunami that hit Sri Lanka killed eight members of this small fishing family. Yet today they still fish, because they have to do it to survive.
As a surf instructor, he is considered prosperous and adventurous, for pursuing a profession that is rewarding both emotionally and financially. Unlike the oft-perceived image of a 'slacker surfer', in India surfing is genuinely considered a better life.
Two years ago this month, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale off the northeastern coast of Japan unleashed the energy of 600 million Hiroshima bombs, followed by massive seismic tidal waves.
A number of city's are still trying to figure out what to do with the wastelands left by the killer waves.
The piles of rubble left behind by the receding tsunami have largely gone, but two years after nature visited its fury, some stretches of Japan's batt...
A Seattle inventor plans to test his "tsunami survival capsule" with a plunge over Niagara Falls, according to the Mirror UK. Julian Sharpe, 50, ex...
SYDNEY -- Strong aftershocks rattled the Solomon Islands on Friday, hampering relief efforts to tsunami-ravaged villages and forcing the South Pacific...
SYDNEY — Six bodies, including a child's, have been found in the sodden wreckage left by a tsunami that smashed into villages in the Solomon Isl...
A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands generated a small, but deadly tsunami on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. The 8.0 magnitude ...
The Big Island, the largest and one of the least-visited islands in the 50th state, is certainly exciting. To say our family just survived a visit might be a stretch -- but not much of one. From an erupting volcano to a tsunami warning to sidestepping deep lava tubes obscured by rainforest foliage, we feel lucky to still be alive.
If you ever find yourself moved to safe ground before a tsunami strikes, remember to thank your lucky stars and then IBM US Patent No. 7,693,663. Usin...
When you're viewing a tragic story so close to reality, here's my advice for appreciating, yet also coping with, a movie about it.
Take time to reflect on your healing story. Write it down, if it helps, or draw it, paint it. Express all of the feelings wrapped into your experience of the healing process, and know that in doing so, we all heal. We all move closer to wellness.
Film: The Impossible (2012) Cast includes: Naomi Watts (Fair Game), Ewan McGregor (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen), Tom Holland (The Secret World of Arri...
You don't have to be a parent to appreciate the horror, the challenge and the determination involved in the story of The Impossible -- or to be plunged into the mindset of "What would I have done?"
LOS ANGELES -- To play a mother torn from her husband and sons by the 2004 tsunami, Naomi Watts sure wasn't going Method. The British actress took he...
Based on the true story of a family swept away by the deadly 2004 tsunami that pummeled Southeast Asia, "The Impossible" is about as subtle as a wall ...
The Impossible is one of the most realistic and emotionally-engaging film experiences you can imagine. I promise you won't go anywhere near the ocean ever again after viewing it.
With Hope Sings, I urge other people to write songs -- songs inspired by true stories of people who go from suffering to success.
Life without power feels more like 1812 not 2012, so dependent have we become all on things electrified. How did people live before the advent of Thomas Alva Edison? Very darkly in some ways
The best, most cost-effective model of integrated HIV care, training and research I've ever seen is Haitian.
Natural disasters, unfortunately, will always be with us. And the cost and number of people affected by disasters continues to rise. But this visit to Sendai is a valuable opportunity for me and the others who participated in the Sendai Dialogue to learn how we can strengthen our defenses.
