Posts Tagged ‘ Energy ’

Check the Obamator

Mar 19th, 2009 | By Nick Richtman | Category: Politics

Are you wondering how Obama’s job performance is going these days? It’s difficult to gauge how he is faring for a couple reasons. First, because he is so new on the job, there is not much to judge him on. Second, because we are going through such unprecedented times, it’s difficult to compare the present to other periods of history.



The Secret Life of Water

Sep 15th, 2008 | By Aaron Cashman | Category: Health

Water is important. We all know this. Everybody. Water is so essential to life that a visitor to our planet might assume that us humans are all water experts. But what do we really know about water? How much do we need to know?



All options on the table?

Sep 1st, 2008 | By Mark T | Category: Feature, Politics

NUCLEAR threats and counter-threats are a subtext of our times, steadily, it seems, becoming more insistent. The July meeting in Geneva between Iran and six major world powers on Iran’s nuclear programme ended with no progress.



Global warming & food choices

Jul 23rd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Green, News

Are you stumped by which has a lower carbon footprint: chemically grown Washington apples or organic New Zealand Fujis? Do you wonder which is worse for the climate: processed soy or pastured beef?



Vote Obama*

May 2nd, 2008 | By jacques necker | Category: Feature, Politics

I feel uncomfortable telling people to vote for Barack Obama without tacking an asterisk onto the end of my plea. I feel disingenuous assuring my friends and family that Barack Obama is different than the other candidates and that once in office