What’s Christian About the Christian Right?
They rail on about Darwinism. They argue for Creationism rather than evolution. They claim to be devout adherents to the Bible, particularly the New Testament, and worship Jesus. Why, then,…
The Mound of Sound
The World 20-Years From Now Will Not Resemble the World Today
Change is happening and the pace of change is accelerating. Most of the changes that are nearing will not be welcome. Some will be enormously challenging. The global consulting giant,…
Is This the Real Canadian Opposition?
With the NDP about to embark on a principle-shredding popularity drive to the top and the Liberals who knows where (or what), organizations like ForestEthics may be the face of…
U-N-Believable. Harper Closes BC Oil Spill Centre
The Harper government is closing British Columbia’s command centre for emergency oil spills just as that fundamentalist degenerate guts fisheries protections and ‘streamlines’ environmental approvals for the Northern Gateway bitumen…
Prepping Business for a Turbulent Environmental Future
‘Business as usual’ is on the way out. And that warning is coming from global consulting giant KPMG. Business is finally recognising what Buddhists have taught for thousands of years…
London’s Formula 1 Buses
A flywheel from a Formula 1 car will be tested on London buses in hope that it can improve fuel efficiency as much as 30%. The flywheel, developed by racing…
Arms Race Update
Korea may not yet be able to successfully launch a long-range missile but India can. India has test fired a nuclear-weapon capable, Agni-V missile capable of reaching Beijing or Shanghai…
They Would Say That
“As long as Afghanistan is not able to ensure by itself the security in the country, the artificial timelines of withdrawal are not correct and they should not be set”…
From the "He Said WHAT?" File
A Florida fire department Captain knows who’s to blame for the killing of Trayvon Martin. In Miami-Dade Captain Brian Beckmann’s mind, it’s all the fault of “shitbag, ignorant, pathetic, welfare…
From the "They Did WHAT?" File
It wasn’t even close. By a 28-1 margin the Tennessee state senate has approved a bill updating the state’s sex-education curriculum to declare holding hands and kissing “gateway sexual activities.”…
In Afghanistan, Success Equals Failure
Afghan farmers are on target to produce a bumper crop of opium in 2012. Opium farming will increase across Afghanistan in 2012, driven by insecurity, massive corruption and economic fears…
Norway’s Grotesque Travesty
He’s sane. He’s freely admitted the senseless and brutal murder of 77 people. He’s not raising anything that could remotely be recognized as a defence or mitigation. Why then is…
Afghanistan, Why Do We Insist on Defeating Ourselves?
Okay, according to America’s own counter-insurgency doctrine, Western forces in Afghanistan have long passed the point where, in Afghan eyes, they transformed from liberator/defender to occupier/oppressor. And, okay, the drone…
Afghanistan Reels Under the Weight of Victory
It’s typical of the war in Afghanistan that all sides are claiming victory in the wake of the recent insurgent attacks on Kabul and other cities. We seemed relieved that…
Is the British Potato in Peril?
It is estimated that the people of the United Kingdom consume their way through their country’s annual agricultural production by about Easter each year. Overall, therefore, Brits rely on imports…
Krugman Puts Europe on Suicide Watch
Princeton economist, New York Times columnist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman wonders if Europe’s political leadership has a death wish. “The question then was whether this brave and effective action…
Stupid, Stupid Harper
The man who speaks with forked tongue is at it again. Furious Leader Steve Harper says he accepts that the war on drugs, especially South American drug cartels, isn’t working.…
Is China Out for Revenge?
China may be looking to the future to avenge real and perceived wrongs from the past. The Guardian reports on war games undertaken by US and Chinese commanders that have…
It’s Like Living With Crazy People
Case in point. A great guy. We’ve been friends for almost 40-years. He’s devoutly Conservative and has been actively involved in the party longer than I’ve known him. Well educated,…