2 Magazines

Two Nat Geos to talk about, since I am not getting Playboy anymore...at least for a bit.

The February issue gave me a lot of thought with the lead article about polygamy in America. While I am not personally a fan of polygamy (I mean really, one wife is challenging enough!!! Personally I like strong willed women...more than one would bowl me the hell over!). But why are there laws against it, especially when it is integral to a religion? Would we make law prohibiting lent? Or stopping Jews from being Kosher? Now I don't think that this is a black and white issue. Many of these women are from a culture that does not allow them a lot of independent alternatives, but we don't make laws prohibiting women from other cultures doing as the culture prescribes them to do. The article is fair, and it makes you ask questions. It makes you question the status quo. And that is what good writing does, and why I continue to read Nat Geo.

A couple of other good articles--- New Vision for the Hubble---that Hubble space telescope is simply amazing, breathtaking and awe inspiring. That there is that much space, with countless suns and worlds, in many other millions of galaxies. Well, we are not that significant in the face of all that, are we? And of course the article about the chimps of the Congo...ones that have never seen man before...how closely related we are to them, and yet we rain destruction on primates all over the globe. Their curiosity about us shows them to be intelligent, self-aware beings. We need to preserve that.

The March issue is equally thought-provoking, with an excellent article on wolves, titled Wolf Wars. So many people want these animals dead, for so many reasons. And yet when they come back to their natural habitat, it restores nature, restores the balance. The main reason people want them dead is purely economic...but there has to be some place where money is not the most important issue. It makes me wonder why these cattle men get to make these decisions, why there are not others who can have a say. Again, a provocative article, and thought provoking.

The other two very intriguing articles were about Peru's Nasca Lines...just intense freakiness. No, UFOs did not make them (probably), but the origins of the lines are becoming clearer, and it is fascinating. Also the photo story on carnivorous plants...Whoa...totally cool...the images are so good.

I always learn from nat Geo, am constantly amazed by the world we live on and the universe around us. No one entertains and educates better than Nat Geo.