Life as a truck driver isn’t easy or clean, and it often includes challenges that we in the general public don’t realize. Take, for instance, a fictional driver named “Hailee Reagan,” whose opinions and outlook stem from the firsthand accounts of several drivers I know and from various written accounts of drivers I don’t know. Hailee’s day starts early, at 5 or 6 in the morning, depending on how much
Elves and faerie-folk might seem to us here in the States like something you would see in a quirky gift shop, but in Iceland, belief in the supernatural is no laughing matter. In one 1998 survey, over half of Icelanders said they believed in elves, and according to a 2007 study by Terry Gunnell, associate folklore professor at the University of Iceland, those numbers haven’t changed much. Gunnell’s poll indicates
Despite the prevalence of digital information exchange, paper is still widely used in North America, for anything from wedding invitations to ballot mail-ins to arts & crafts. According to the Forest Ethics organization, paper consumption in North America has declined, but global paper consumption has increased. However, despite the decrease in consumption, North America still consumes more paper per capita than anywhere else (see Figure 1 below). Because the need
