Killer Rain: Killer No Rain
As the climatologists have pointed out, the effects of climate change will not be uniform. No nice 1 degree rise …
Monthly Archives: June 2007
California GOP Losing Bearings
The good looking Sunday headlines in the SF Chronicle were just a teaser: Aussie Hired by State GOP Embroiled in …
Poems from Guantanamo
IS IT TRUE? By Osama Abu Kabir Is it true that the grass grows again after rain? Is it true …
Climate Change and Storms
Like the title says: a book about the scientific understanding of climate change and its relation to hurricanes (cyclones, typhoons). …
The Six Day War, Some Years Later
The famous “Six Day War” of the Middle East –Israel against its antagoneighbors– has come to its 40th anniversary. The …
Kick Global Warming
Out in Boulder, Colorado, home of dear friends and allies, we see a new phenomenon: a sports team marketing itself …
Climate Counts
Climate Counts. Org has a scorecard project under way that will interest you all. It aims to rate select consumer …
Chicken Feathers and CO2
You gotta love those scientists — curiosity that never says die. Gotta a CO2 problem? Got too much garbage? Let’s …
Unions: Assault By Slime
A vicious, eye-catching ad appeared in the NY Times, USA Today and other print media, displaying photos of Idi Amin, …
War is the Pornography
Chris Hedges is trying to speak out the rot he saw in decades as a front line war reporter, and …
Carrier Now Launching At Afghanistan
Just thought you’d like to know, after a fist full of weeks in the Persian Gulf, launching its aircraft towards …
Edwards: Policy Hardball
Dean Baker is one of the economists we pay great attention to. He likes John Edwards, a lot. John Edwards …