The Economist's latest article on global developments in agriculture involuntarily provides arguments for critics of free trade: the stampede for poor countries' lands, price volatility and, above all, the …
O.K., I have now said something nice about Goldman Sachs. And, there is actually some truth in this title. Some people have pointed out that Goldman Sachs is one …
The question is: Can the US government force the dismissal of a lawsuit against it simply by claiming that national security would be endangered if the suit went ahead? …
Forbes.com has an article up called “The Fiction of Climate Science” (12/4/09). Thanks no doubt to a link from Drudge, it's currently one of the website's “top rated,” "most …
President Barack Obama noted last week after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize that the United States “has helped underwrite global security for more than six decades.” While this was …
Current climate legislation and the Kyoto Protocol are undermining the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Or so contends a cautionary article that appeared in October's peer-reviewed journal of …
Dubai, UAE - Last year, when major banks in the U.S. and Europe were teetering on the brink of collapse, Middle Eastern and Asian banks that specialize in Islamic …
"Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was attacked after a rally in central Milan today and was taken to hospital with a gash on his upper lip and blood on …
Buenos, Aires - The residents of the Puna, the dry Andean highlands in northern Argentina, are cut off from everything - except the sun. Living on arid land thousands …