Goodbye and Good Riddance

"After eight years of President Bush, we almost don't know how to function without him -- almost. But before we move on, we should pause to remember just what we're leaving behind. Just over two years into George W. Bush’s presidency, The American Prospect featured Bush on...

Individuals Don't Matter

Look at the news... here... on television... Ever ask yourself "What makes news?"Earthquakes, fires, crashed luxury jets/boats, school-ground killings, explosions, bombs, gunfire (especially when leading to wounds or death), mass murder/destruction war, politicians receiving...

Japan: Killer of seven gave online warning of Tokyo rampage

" The 25-year-old man arrested for stabbing seven people to death on a Tokyo street had warned that he was about to kill in a series of messages he sent to an online noticeboard, some posted minutes before he went on the rampage.In the first post at 5.21am on Sunday, on a...

Cuba in fear of the unknown as Fidel Castro fades

" Fidel Castro's long goodbye is posing a delicate moral dilemma for Alfredo Hernandez, a member of one of the few Jewish families to remain in Cuba after the 1959 revolution."

China bans free plastic bags

 I guess you have to start somewhere.  This is one example that we all need to follow.  But here, we're moving from the bottom up, not the top down.  That is, the push to eliminate the use of plastic bags is coming from more environmentally-aware...