Reader's Digest -- October 2010

I know, I'm way behind. I have a stack of unread magazines I'm trying to get through. There was a couple of interesting articles in the October 2010 Reader's Digest. Of course, RD is inconsistent about what it places online, so in some cases, I've found other copies placed online by people.

• An Alternative to the Alternative to the Alternative Energy Plan -- Jimmy Tingle (c/o adlandpro.com)
• Make it Stop! 13 Fads That Have Got To Go
• Change Agent - Stewart Brand, the father of Earth Day, has rethought everything from nuclear power to genetically modified food
• Fighting Human Trafficking (c/o lafla.org)

And finally...

A new survey found that 12 percent of parents punish their kids by banning social-networking sites. The other 88 percent punish their kids by joining social-networking sites. -- Jimmy Fallon