I’m out of town at a conference, so I have to keep this short.
Recently, a large number of toys were recalled from the market because they contained a higher than safe amount of lead in their paint. The toys were produced in China, where there isn’t very stringent oversight to ensure safety or quality control. [...]

The current incarnation of the post-hippie counter-culture is absurd. There are more than six billion people on the planet, and almost half of them have to struggle to even feed themselves on a daily basis. Of course, there is plenty of food out there. It’s just a matter of distribution. The [...]

President Bush is struggling to find an acceptable compromise position on global warming. For years, he has said that the time wasn’t right to act on global warming. He rejected the Kyoto Protocol, dismissed setting benchmarks for carbon dioxide emissions, and repeatedly claimed that the issue needed further study. Lately, he’s been [...]

I saw an advertisement recently for a new TV series about Robin Hood. Allow me to tell the Robin Hood story - an illegitimate government takes over and starts imposing its will on the people. Rather than allowing this government to reign free, Robin Hood fights back - robbing from the rich and [...]

I’m encouraged to hear that the Palestinians have brokered a peace deal amongst themselves to stop infighting between Fatah and Hamas. But then I came across this section of the Reuters story:
“Abbas advisor Nabil Amr said, however, that he feared the deal might not be enough to end sanctions, which Palestinians say were partly to [...]