In the fall of 2007, Australians threw out the government that had been dragging its feet on action on climate change for years. The first thing that Kevin Rudd, the new Prime Minister, did was to sign the Kyoto Protocol. Australians had been experiencing the crush of drought and heat and were more than ready […]
The NYTimes published an editorial yesterday which debated the practice of allowing unsupervised, yet highly trained nurses to provide anesthesia care. California recently joined 14 other states in allowing the practice; Colorado is set to approve it as well. The cost savings are clear: In the long run, there also could be savings to the health care […]
Read Bill Easterly’s piece in the WSJ here about “Famine and Foreigners.” I mentioned this book earlier as one I’m looking forward to reading. To Amazon!
In the United States we have just returned to our busy work weeks following a long Labor Day weekend, were most of us thought little about forced or child labor, but about the ending of summer and the return of children to school. My Labor Day was spent on the soccer field practicing with my […]
When one thinks of child labor in the context of the Labor Day Holiday in the United States or the International Day of Labor, otherwise known as May Day, the mind drifts back to images of the Industrial Revolution and to children toiling in factories and mines in the UK and US. Labor Day […]
As those across the United States embark upon Labor Day Festivities it brings to light the labor exploitations of children across the globe. Much continues to be done to ensure that children around the world are both protected and simply allowed to be children. Despite outrage, laws, and social advancements child labor continues to plague our global society, […]
Telling historical stories to children has always been easier when once can use another medium than the verbal, children are visual and thus books with virbrant illistrations are the first to come to mind. However one creative company is taking a greater step in just producing high quality “toys”, but ensuring that the cultures and […]
Standard Bank Africa announced a major private sector and purely Africa-based initiative for aiding African farmers with a $100 million pledge. The pledge came is support of the goals of African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), which convened its inaugural session in Accra, Ghana, starting on Thursday. “The scheme will hand out loans to some 750,000 […]
The Hill had a piece recently talking about Republican Senatorial angst around Chinese networking electronics giant Huawei providing equipment to Sprint. Huawei, like all firms of any importance in China, has significant ties to the CCP leadership and the People’s Liberation Army. The idea is that Sprint, being a major provider of IT to the US […]
According to the Washington Times (March 2009), “Hezbollah is using the same southern narcotics routes that Mexican drug kingpins do to smuggle drugs and people into the United States, reaping money to finance its operations and threatening U.S. national security, current and former U.S. law enforcement, defense and counterterrorism officials say.” Now there are more recent […]
President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton began new Mideast peace talks this week in Washington. The talks bring together the leaders of Israel, Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority to start yet another high profile effort to achieve the goal of Mideast peace. As you know, Mideast peace is always on the presidential to-do […]
Reacting to popular dismay over the light sentences meted out to the corporate perpetrators of the Bhopal tragedy–slaps on the wrist, really–India’s parliament has voted to hold foreign suppliers of nuclear components liable for damages from a reactor accident. Normally, only the operator of a nuclear power plant is held liable, and in virtually all […]
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