Since our world is becoming smaller with ever more increasing contact between peoples of the world, it is important to remember that we are all human, we all breathe the same air, we all love our children, and we all are mortal.  As Jimmy Carter said in his recent acceptance speech for his Nobel Peace […]

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Having just been to Minneapolis this past weekend, I took special interest in the bridge calamity of earlier this week. However, I do not want to write about the specifics of the problem of this bridge, or any other infrastructure problems across America. I write to discuss how focused the media gets on […]

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For the past six years in America there has been a government for those people, by those people and of those people. Unfortunately, that the founding fathers’ message. The checks and balances written into our constitution were expressly written to avoid a President having absolute control over all facets of American life. […]

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Once again Bono and friends were on hand at another G8. But all that’s starry does not necessarily produce a new development paradigm for Africa or tackle climate change.
Guardian’s Larry Elliot on the G8 shortcomings from last week. Folks at Priceofoil concur.
And BBC’s Glenda Cooper agrees as well. Walden Bello walks us […]

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Several months ago I wrote to the Taxi and Limosine Commission (TLC) in response to a notice for public response to a proposal to allow for more medallions, meaning more taxicabs in New York City. As a New Yorker I felt that more taxis are important, but that more pollution should be avoided. […]

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