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Endangered Plants You’ll Likely Never See
As a botanical illustrator, Wendy Hollender is accustomed to working everywhere, from sultry tropical jungles to dusty hillsides knee-deep in grass. In 2008, in search of rare plant subjects, …
Robert Scheer | It’s the Mortgages, Stupid
This week’s proposals by the Obama administration to deal with the persistent economic crisis will be, as with previous plans that involved trillions of taxpayer dollars, little more than …
Rotten Eggs, Drowsy Doctors, and Expensive Insurance
The Iowa chapter of the Sierra Club is pushing state regulators to investigate two factory farms and a feed mill linked to this summer's massive recall of salmonella-tainted eggs, …
Rabbi Michael Lerner | Americans Need National Repentance and Atonement
Now that the Iraq war is supposedly winding down, America needs a period of reflection, repentance and atonement before rushing into more of the same mistakes we've been making …
Biden and the False Iraq War Narrative
In an interview on the PBS NewsHour last Wednesday, Joe Biden was unwilling to contradict the official narrative of the Iraq war that Gen. David Petraeus and the Bush …
Brazilian Election: What Does South American Giant Want in Post-Lula Era?
In a scene from my first book, “Hugo Chávez: Oil, Politics and the Challenge to the U.S.” (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006), I discuss how Brazil became an ally of Venezuela during …
Mexico City – Journalism Under Fire (Video)
Obama to Propose $300 Billion in Tax Breaks for Business
Washington - President Barack Obama on Wednesday will propose $300 billion in accelerated or expanded tax breaks for business, a jolt of cash that he says would jump-start hiring …
CNN Covered Interfaith Call to Oppose Koran Burning. Who Didn’t?
Cable news outlets showed limited interest Tuesday afternoon in a press conference where church leaders from a variety of faiths called for a united front against Koran burning and …
Legendary American Folksinger, Backcountry Traveler and Wilderness Advocate James “Walkin
Legendary American folksinger, backcountry traveler, and wilderness advocate James “Walkin’ Jim” Stoltz passed late Friday night, September 3, 2010, at St. Peter’s Hospital in Helena, Montana. Stoltz, age 57, …