Interesting the choices that are made when it's one's own money at stake

Union of Concerned Scientists weigh in on botany

Union of Concerned Scientists weigh in on botany

Greenwich Country Day wants to, among other changes/additions, switch its playing fields from natural grass to astroturf.

“The grass fields can be used only about 15 to 20 hours a week, while the synthetic surface can sustain far more activity, according to GCD’s lawyer Bruce Cohen,” and of course he’s right, but there’s a large pressure group of anti-vaccer types here in Greenwich and other toney Gold Coast towns to rip out artificial turf and replace it with all-natural, pesticide-laced, foaming fescue. Difference? GCD parents pay out of their own pockets, the latter group of “concerned parents” intends that others pony up.

Speaking of anti-vaccers, where are their protests that “Big Pharma” is rushing to develop a vaccine for the Kung Flu epidemic supposedly coming our way? And, assuming such a vaccine is created, will they allow their children to take it, or will they rely on the traditional preventative of ground-up bat wings and leechee nuts?

Some problems solve themselves.