US Military: The Uninvited Guest Who Just Never Leaves
Today, President Obama will address the nation from the oval office, and will praise the sacrifice made by the US military in Iraq. The President will also claim that the “US combat operations in Iraq are over”. However, this upcoming statement is part truth part political spin for US domestic consumption. The reality of Iraq […]
Climate Change: The Question Of Bread
I despair when I hear people talk about climate change in terms of failing ski resorts and longer growing seasons. The disconnect between the common perception of what climate change really is and what people think it means is truly terrifying. One of the unfortunate things about Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth” is it led to […]
UN Strongly Criticizes France’s Racial Discrimination Of Roma
After reviewing several legal complaints filled by Roma associations and human rights groups, the UN’s anti-racism and discrimination Committee will send a letter to put pressure on the European Union to urgently address the situation of the Roma and the Travelers in the context of France’s controversial collective deportation of Roma conducted by the Sarkozy […]
Beyond Katrina: Exposing America’s Broken Social System
Five years after Katrina, the Gulf Coast and New-Orleans have to deal with another large scale disaster ( in this case purely man-made) in the form of the BP oil spill. It seems that New-Orleans can not get a break, but again the Crescent City is far from being the only town at the epicenter […]
If Not Me?: Candles In Babylon
Why do I pick on individuals and their actions instead of the corporations and government bodies? Surely it is the corporations etc who have the responsibility to correct the problems since I) the y caused them in the first place, and ii) they have all of the power relative to the trivial efforts of a […]
