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New Hampshire Primary: A 60,000-Vote Differential
January 11, 2008, 1 Comment

Jan 9, 2008 This analysis and the numerous thoughtful comments (unlike most of what we read these days) is worth reading ...

Kenya: Commentary on underlying conflicts
January 10, 2008, Comments Off on Kenya: Commentary on underlying conflicts

January 10, 2008 We are extremely grateful to our friend Philip Osano for his lucid and detailed personal observations o ...

Wednesday Night #1348
January 2, 2008, 4 Comments

2 January 2008 Oh Come all Ye Faithful Pedant and Insightful Oh Come Ye, Oh Come Ye to Wednesday Night. Come and be clev ...

Unique Kenyan Game Park Under Human Threat
January 1, 2008, Comments Off on Unique Kenyan Game Park Under Human Threat

As we worry about the outcome of the elections in Kenya and the resultant riots, the undermining of democracy and prospe ...

Year (2007) in Review – the National Post version
December 31, 2007, Comments Off on Year (2007) in Review – the National Post version

Beijing’s Olympic Quest: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue
December 29, 2007, Comments Off on Beijing’s Olympic Quest: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue

China’s unsolved riddle is how to reconcile fast economic growth with environmental protection. But Beijing’s Olympi ...

Wednesday Night #1347
December 26, 2007, 3 Comments

The amazing Oscar Petersen 15 August 1925 – 23 December 2007 is mourned around the world. The last Wednesday Night ...

Africa in 2007
December 24, 2007, Comments Off on Africa in 2007

Will Kenyan election cap a dismal year for Africa, or show the way? By CHARLES ONYANGO -OBBO In the end, it was not to b ...

Journalists feel muzzle in Venezuela
December 21, 2007, 1 Comment

By Oscar Avila Chicago Tribune December 21, 2007 Only 1 TV station survives to criticize, but for how long? CARACAS, Ven ...

European famers turning lands to forest
December 20, 2007, Comments Off on European famers turning lands to forest

The hush-hush regreening of Europe DOUG SAUNDERS, Globe and Mail December 20, 2007 BUAIS, France — To look across the ...

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