| Jan 9, 2012 | Environment / HealthTerrorists May worry you; But our big foe Is CO2. Rats. I’d been counting on climate change. By some genetic quirk, my Scandinavian-bred body has always suffered badly from the cold. It’s a good thing that my grandfather settled near New York City rather...
| Jan 2, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyAsk anyone. I pride myself on being seldom surprised, shocked almost never. 2011, however, called my cool into question. I was nothing but shockingly surprised all year. Take Barack Obama, particularly since the 2010 Congressional election or, as I like to call it,...
| Dec 12, 2011 | Environment / HealthPlans for rail lines? We’ve a pile; But we can’t build A single mile. The term “American transportation policy” is an oxymoron. The United States has no policy regarding the nation’s transportation networks, no strategic plan, and no...
| Nov 29, 2011 | Environment / HealthA major flashpoint at the UN Climate summit in Durban is how nations in the global north should deliver the money that they’re supposed to give countries in the global south to support efforts to deal with climate change. It’s not chump change. The UN...
| | Environment / HealthThere are hundreds of issues and interests at stake at the 2011 UN climate summit, as well as representatives of the 192 countries who signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992. But just two questions are on everyone’s mind. The first is...
