“Don’t shout at the telly, change the message on it”

A feisty line up of young volunteers pick on topical news stories and get stuck in. This month’s round up includes Bono’s latest bed net for Africans campaign and a challenge to those who thinks inoculating...

Are Extremist Environmentalists Mass Murderers?

An open-minded review of what extreme environmentalists have wrought on the USA and on the world inescapably leads to the conclusion that they have caused millions of deaths and trillions of dollars in damages and...

Day of Reckoning for DDT Foes?

"Last week’s announcement that the World Health Organization lifted its nearly 30-year ban on the insecticide DDT is perhaps the most promising development in global public health since… well, 1943 when DDT was first used to combat insect-borne diseases like typhus and...

Bald eagle populations soar in Pacific Northwest

The bald eagle, which teetered at the brink of extinction in the 1970s, is making a record comeback along the Skagit River in northwestern Washington State.""At first I thought it was a mistake," said Jim Alt, a...

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