‘Going blackwater’: profiteering and private armies
It has been quite a week for the US Congressional House Appropriations Committee (defense subcommittee), with two investigative journalists delivering their testimonies on war profiteering in the past week. The … Continue reading
To bee or not to bee: our survival depends on it
Addendum: See also To bee or not to bee II (14 April) An interesting article in Spiegel asks whether Genetically Modified crops are responsible for the alarming decimation of bee … Continue reading
Who wins in Iraq, FP asks
The current issue of Foreign Policy (March-April) has a ‘Who Wins in Iraq’ feature. The editors have compiled a Top Ten list of groups they see as having benefited most … Continue reading
Bumper sticker politics
From the trite to the terrific, the funny to the furious, here are some selected slogan quotes and one-liner witticisms. This selection invariably reflects my own political and philosophic positioning … Continue reading
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