Spotlights On Our Global Village As A New Society
The deadly fires have exposed a key problem in today’s Russia: No one knows what’s going on. Russia fought a deadly battle Tuesday to prevent wildfires from engulfing key nuclear sites as alarm mounted over the impact on health of a toxic smoke cloud shrouded over Moscow. Two soldiers were killed by blazing trees as…
The ongoing WikiLeaks saga The truth is out there, but what does it all mean? On this episode of The Listening Post, we turn our attention to figures involved in the WikiLeaks Afghan war logs and the debate over what the US government should do about it.
Ed Stafford proposed becoming the first person to walk the 4,000-mile length of the Amazon from source to sea, he was roundly dismissed. Fixers in Brazil said the experienced trekker would probably die and refused to have anything to do with him. The expedition community said it was too far: that he would get ill…
Topic of Cancer One fine June day, the author is launching his best-selling memoir, Hitch-22. The next, he’s throwing up backstage at The Daily Show, in a brief bout of denial, before entering the unfamiliar country—with its egalitarian spirit, martial metaphors, and hard bargains of people who have cancer. JOINING THE RESISTANCE? The humor is…
Forest fires in Russia Hundreds of thousands of firefighters are battling forest fires across western and central Russia in the worst heatwave for decades. Homes have been destroyed, wildlife and farm stock lost and more than 30 people have died
President Lula can convince increased investment in rural development.
The New Abnormal Americans are broke and depressed—and also swilling $3 lattes and waiting in line for iPhones. Welcome to the schizophrenic economy By Devin Leonard In March, Ralph Ronzio went to a warehouse in a seedy part of Orange County, Calif., and watched a guy auction off his condo for half what he’d paid…
The Institute for Justice has launched a new economic liberties program called “The Power of One Entrepreneur.” They have five detailed reports produced by successful local writers, highlighting five individual entrepreneurs. The power of one entrepreneur, the reports explain, is the key to helping our nation recover from this economic slump and to restoring our inner cities and countless lives…
The educational worm turns Thursday July 8, 2010 | 20:25 by Jonathan T. D. Neil in New York City | permalink | Art Salon As someone who as taken an interest in what I have called the art world’s ‘pedagogical impulse’ and what others have dubbed its ‘educational turn’, I was of course tickled to…
Russian Patriarch Kicks Off Second Ukraine Visit Russian Patriarch Kirill is in Ukraine for an eight-day pilgrimage, exactly one year after a similar visit sparked angry protests and scuffles in Kyiv. He arrived on July 20 in the southern port city of Odesa for what the Moscow Patriarchate has described as a “pastoral visit” to…