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Andrew Herman

The human body truly is a miracle to behold

October 27, 2009

The other day I asked my 10th-grade biology class at Howland High School if anyone was disorganized. Quite a few honest kids raised their hands, and then I proceeded to call them all liars. ‘‘I have the facts to prove it,’’ I smirked slyly. You have to understand, I was simply trying to prove the point that our human bodies are ‘‘fearfully and wonderfully’’ organized, if not miraculously organized. The topic of the day was ‘‘The molecules of life.’’ I explained to these so-called ‘‘disorganized’’ kids that they are actually super-roganized in a cellular sense and on a molecular level. For giggles I told them, ‘‘Go ahead and tell your parents Mr. Herman says you’re super-organized.’’ Now for some amazing facts to back up the claim: Did you know that your body is organized into tens of trillions of very efficient cells? The molecular machinery inside each cell runs the show like a nanotech city with your DNA operating and orchestrating tens of millions of cell functions simultaneously.

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Why Americans must recycle

October 13, 2009

From 1993 to 1995, I lived in an African rainforest economy. Mimongo, my village, was rich in nature, poor in money, but extremely efficient. I taught at the village high school where I never saw a single fight or heard one kid backtalk a teacher.

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When will it be ‘our way or the highway?’

September 29, 2009

More and more in the land of the free, good people are so afraid of bad people that they won’t leave their houses. This is unacceptable, so it’s time we make a stand together. We need to make so many changes in so many way.

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Blame will not help the Mahoning Valley

September 15, 2009

Jim Traficant, like a Phoenix-scapegoat rising from the fly ash, is back just in time to take blame for our Valley’s economic woes.

Not so fast.

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