One Year Later, What Is Left Of The Hope For Change?
Almost a year ago, on November 4th 2008, an euphoria of hope was spreading in America and around the world. The wind of change that Barack Obama personified was expected, by some in America and elsewhere, to bring with it a peaceful revolution. With the election of the first African-American President the world was dreaming […]
NJP’s Olson Interviews Kenneth Gladney on the Tea Party Express
It was 38 degrees and the cold desert wind was blowing down from the Sierra foothills. I was in Hawthorne Nevada, an odd town of a few hundred shabby houses guarded by chain linked fences, every one with a vicious dog. This place is an odd backwater of Americana, with a strong ethnic mix brought by the nearby military bases that guard the largest ammunition and ordnance depot in the nation. A perfect place for an explosive interview.
Behavioral Changes Are Needed To Cut Greenhouse Gas
Thomas Dietz, a scientist and professor at Michigan State University, says that applying 17 very simple practical measures to our daily activities can yield substantial carbon emissions cuts. Dietz argues that new technologies and policies that save energy are needed to fight global climate change, but he also expresses that to implement the policies we […]
Is The US Turning Isolationist?
The reaction in the press and general public in the United States to Barack Obama being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for diplomacy and efforts to rid the world of nuclear arms is symptomatic of a disturbing and growing trend towards isolationism in the country. Former right wing ideas about leaving the UN, stopping immigration, and turning our backs on the world except for military solutions are catching hold on independents, and present a dangerous sign of troubles ahead.
Racism Is Still Alive In America
A Louisiana judge, Keith Bardwell, from the Tangipahoa parish is yet another symptom that racism is still a problem in America in 2009, despite the election of the first African-American President.
