"Are we there yet?"

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Another Country

September 16, 2011 | No Comments

Reflections from my hotel, about to leave for the airport to go home… I came to realize that the mighty US dollar is mighty no more. Its value compared to other currencies seems to be…

The Arctic: The Achilles heel of the world

September 03, 2011 | No Comments

…as we have come to know it People of the 1900s learned to live with their climate regimes, from local to global. They adjusted their activities as necessary to cope with extremes and variabilities on…

Words of Wisdom from the Flat Earth US Congress

August 04, 2011 | No Comments

Senator Inhoff (R-Oklahoma) has been an outspoken critic of the global science consensus (not unanimity) on the human contribution to global warming of the atmosphere. there is nothing that can be said or discovered that…

The Cult of the Anti-Personality

July 20, 2011 | No Comments

Houston, errr, no, America, we have a problem! The concept of the “cult of personality” has become well-known in the general public in recent years, having become a part of the “ordinary knowledge” of the…

Youth of the World Unite (via social networks)!

June 03, 2011 | No Comments

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about youth. The term “youth” really has several overlapping definitions but generally individuals between the ages of 15 and 30 can be considered youth. To be honest, to…