Relative to my post, There Oughta Be a Law, on energy recovery, see this terrific article from Worldwatch, A Bridge to the Renewable Energy Future, fleshing out this “…largely overlooked but potent way to minimize fossil fuel use and the damage it causes.” On the same subject, see also this from earlier in the summer […]
Interesting segment by 60 Minutes’ Steve Kroft, in which he walks viewers through the fundamentals of these financial WMDs called Credit Default Swaps which were the derivative products underlying the near collapse of the global financial markets.
A recent incident where Madonna was booed by concert goers after speaking out against the widespread discrimination against Roma in Romania has reignited the debate over the general treatment of Roma in Europe, particularly in Eastern Europe. Roma, more colloquially referred to as Gypsies, have suffered rampant institutional discrimination since their arrival in Europe centuries […]
Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy in the context of the nation’s changing demographic landscape, and a discussion of ‘Why Africa Matters’ by the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson.
Guatemala can be considered a vanguard country in ensuring the right to food, in that it has developed legal and institutional protections designed to protect and promote this right. Several national laws exist to promote and ensure the right to food, such as the law (SINESAN) to operationalize the national food security and nutrition plan […]
‘For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die.’
Fellow-blogger Ted Lipien makes some valid points about seemingly basic mistakes that the State Department has made in public diplomacy in the new Administration. In particular, he notes, a chance was missed earlier this month to express solidarity with the victims of terrorist attacks in Ingushetia. Eventually the Department did comment, but it took longer […]
Angering China, Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou announced yesterday that the Dalai Lama will visit southern Taiwan next week. Beijing is always irritated when the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, travels abroad and the government often issues strong rebukes to foreign hosts. Last November Mr. Ma stopped the Dalai Lama from coming, but Mr. Ma […]
The title first of anything typically conjures up something special; an accolade, a unique position in a list of achievements. But for Uri Davis, an Israeli Jew and professor of critical Israel studies at al-Quds University on the outskirts of East Jerusalem, that title has brought him both threats and praise. Dr Davis was recently […]
Wonder how close to home the issues are to you? Just take a look at the National Sex Offender Registry and you will be almost sickened by the numbers in your neighborhood…However let me also cautious warn you about looking at the registry lightly, and to closely look at the offenses before jumping the gun, […]
It is no shock that many people try desperately to reach the United States to attain a better quality of life for themselves and their families in their home countries. This documentary focuses on children who ride atop a train they call “The Beast” in order to reach their “Promised Land.” Some of the kids […]
American politicians rarely use the term “human rights” to discuss causes that they champion in the domestic arena; they are much more likely to use labels such as “civil rights” or to focus on an issue without classing it as a human rights concern. Senator Ted Kennedy, who lost his battle against brain cancer on […]
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