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China's top-down science communication fails its people
July 28, 2008, Comments Off on China's top-down science communication fails its people

China’s missed understanding Scientists, not government, should lead efforts to explain the benefits and risks of ...

The Biofuel Backlash
July 23, 2008, 3 Comments

More on Biofuels and Agriculture & Food – World Hunger Uprising Against the Ethanol Mandate Gov. Rick Perry of ...

Bad Days for Newsrooms—and Democracy
July 23, 2008, Comments Off on Bad Days for Newsrooms—and Democracy

July 21 By Chris Hedges (Truthdig) The decline of newspapers is not about the replacement of the antiquated technology o ...

Poverty in America
July 13, 2008, 1 Comment

With thanks to  one of our friends, who maintains an amazing listserve on a broad number of topics. There is much more ...

G8 July 7-9 2008
July 10, 2008, Comments Off on G8 July 7-9 2008

See also World Hunger , Zimbabwe (Xinhua) Backgrounder: Key facts about G8 summit A world of troubles to tackle (The Eco ...

Canada and Quebec in June 2008: On the Cusp
July 8, 2008, Comments Off on Canada and Quebec in June 2008: On the Cusp

Following their annual visit to Ottawa, Montreal and points in between, David Jones has again produced an accurate snaps ...

Intellectual-Property Rights and Wrongs
July 2, 2008, 1 Comment

Last October, the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) decided to consider what a dev ...

Wednesday Night #1374
July 2, 2008, 1 Comment

See photos and more on Wednesday-night.com After last week’s fascinating and informative evening on Iraqi Kurdista ...

Clay Felker RIP
July 1, 2008, Comments Off on Clay Felker RIP

Tuesday Jul 01, 2008 Clay Felker, New York Founding Editor, Passes Away Clay Felker, founder of New York, passed away th ...

Margaret Somerville . The case against euthanasia
June 27, 2008, Comments Off on Margaret Somerville . The case against euthanasia

June 27, 2008 It’s impossible not to be moved by a plea to end someone’s suffering — but the arguments ...