Good work at the NY Times, with a front page Sunday investigative piece:  Why the multi-state drive to create fear of imposition of Islamic sharia?  Aha!  It’s not quite as … [Keep reading >>]

Oh great!  Not only does melting arctic ice contribute to rising sea levels and steal away bear habitat, it is releasing once frozen “persistent organic pollutants [POPs] back into the atmosphere … [Keep reading >>]

“”We had reason to believe from his campaign promises that Obama was going to reverse the damage that this law has caused,” said Jonathan Kozol, a public education activist and … [Keep reading >>]

Following the posts of the other day regarding Texas droughts, Iranian heat records and South Korean flooding we have today extreme weather in the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand as tropical … [Keep reading >>]

From Krugman
After playing a key role in creating the greatest economic disaster in three generations, you might have expected Alan Greenspan to lie low. But no, he’s out there issuing … [Keep reading >>]

China has waded into the debate on the current (chaotic) US debt ceiling negotiations, with an editorial in the official Xinhua News Agency labelling US lawmakers ‘dangerously irresponsible’ for failing to come … [Keep reading >>]

After months of hand-wringing by industry lobbies and environmental groups, President Obama announced the new round of Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, known as CAFE, on Friday in Washington. The standards call for … [Keep reading >>]

I’ll leave it to you to count up and calculate what proportion of Texas counties are in the worst drought column; it’s ugly whatever the number.

Tropical storm Don is near … [Keep reading >>]

Krugman says it right: We have a moderately conservative President and right wing extremism that is portrayed as equally balanced by Democrats.

Rise up!

 
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As local author Adam Hochschild makes the rounds with his latest, amazing book, To End All Wars [following King Leopold's Ghost, and Bury the Chains, both wonderful and heart-teaching books] … [Keep reading >>]

What interests most US media watchers in the growing scandal over phone hacking in the Murdoch media empire, is when it will begin opening the doors of FOX news closets. … [Keep reading >>]