Sea Shepherds vs Japanese Whaling Research
Overview of Japanese whaling research and anti-whaling activity by Sea Shepherds...
Craig Newmark Talks about the Internet and Democracy
Discusses some of the ways that the internet is helping to foster a better democracy...
Hidden Impacts of Stricter Sentencing
No politician ever claims to be be soft on crime. Quite the reverse: All politicians call for the legal system to be tough on crime. One result of this, at least in the United States, has been, over t...
Hidden Impacts: Keeping It Simple Isn’t Always Effective
One often hears the mantra, “keep it simple.” Yet, in our complex world, issues like globalization, global warming, and terrorism have so many variables and dynamic interrelationships that...
Are Food Riots Indicators of the Collapse of Civilization?
In a detailed article posted to the blog Climate Change and Sustainability, Lester Brown makes some startling claims about the state of the world. He contends, This troubling situation is unlike any t...
Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination: Does it mean democracy isn’t right for Pakistan?
Discussion of readiness for democracy...
Is Democracy Right for Russia? For Iraq?
TIME magazine has named Russian President Vladimir Putin the “Person of the Year” for 2007, although the writers took great care to stress that they are not honoring or endorsing him, just...