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We promise to take another look at these in a year’s time – or maybe more. Lest we forget! George W. Bush an ...
Thinking About the Future of Food The Chatham House Food Supply Scenarios * Demand for food is increasing because the gl ...
Markets, the economy and banks Hypotheses abound explaining the cause, effect and future of stock market indices, hence ...
T H E R E P O R T John Mavridis introduced his friend Jean Lalonde, CEO of Pleio Health Support Systems, Inc.—whic ...
More on Tar Sands Although principally addressed to the UK, George Monbiot’s Why are plastic bags treated as the ...
T H E R E P O R T A forecast is not pretense at clairvoyance. It is risk identification. If you add reasonably accur ...
Human Rights Watch: Crisis in Darfur This was in the works for a long time. They had been waiting for a chance to strike ...
Schott’s Vocab A new blog by Ben Schott on the words and phrases that encapsulate the times in which we live. Cram ...
A last-minute (but worthy) update from our friend Jim Heffernan, who occasionally blogs on the HuffPost. “Since I ...
CONGRATULATIONS to the West Wing for reaching their first anniversary. We are very proud of our Vancouver sibling and al ...
Police treatment of a Dartmouth professor stirs anger and debate A retired Dartmouth Dean and good friend who lives in…