Global Food Prices May Double by 2030
What's that awful sound? Could it be empty bellies - or is that the clarion call of war?Oxfam is warning that the already record-breaking price of staple foods could more…
The Mound of Sound
Afghanistan Mission – A "Great Success"
We have to look at this missionas a Great Success At least that's how Furious Leader wants us to see the hapless campaign in Afghanistan. Our Ruler showed up in…
"A Risk Any Sane Person Would Seek to Drastically Reduce"
That is the assessment of Lord Stern of the London School of Economics after reviewing the latest International Energy Agency figures on carbon emissions in 2010. The report shows that…
Another Threat to Renewable Energy
The world is poised on the brink of a "cheap gas" era that may undermine the viability of renewable energy options. Not gas as in gasoline but as in natural…
Another Big Win for American Corporatocracy
The other shoe drops. A federal judge in Virginia has leapfrogged the US Supreme Court's Citizens United decision and ruled that a century-old law barring corporate contributions to political candidates…
Canada About to Lose 400,000 Sq. Kms.
A study released today warns that Canada will lose access to 400,000 sq. kms. of northern territory by 2050 and that's due to global warming. The report by scientists at…
A Rational View on Nuclear Power
Like George Monbiot or James Hansen and James Lovelock, I don't think we're going to be able to free ourselves of our fossil fuel addiction without embracing every non-carbon energy…
Think of Them As "Terrorists In Training"
Another screwed up NATO airstrike in Afghanistan. 14-dead, reportedly all women and children. Six others wounded. The Talibs are busy signing up new recruits.Karzai's beating his chest. Says this is…
Reconfiguring Democracy
Even when I was a kid (and, yes, they had indoor plumbing back then) I understood that democracy, as we embraced it, was something of a work in progress. It…
Foreign Diplomats Surrounded by Gunmen in Yemen
Gunmen said to be loyal to Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh have surrounded the Emirates embassy in Sanaa. Inside a group of foreign diplomats have convened awaiting a decision from…