Too Many Christmas Trees
Dec 24, 2012
Ernest Callenbach: Last Words to an America in Decline
May 7, 2012 Ernest Callenbach, author of the beloved 1975 utopian novel "Ecotopia," died of cancer last month at the age of 83. Days later, a sort of farewell detailing his hopes for the world he left behind was discovered on his computer.
BP Plans a Comeback in Gulf of Mexico
Oct 27, 2011 One might think that after the ecological apocalypse that British Petroleum visited upon the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding environs with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010, BP might harbor a healthy sense of shame about returning to that scarred region. Yeah, no.
Hostage-Taker Killed at Discovery Channel HQ
Sep 1, 2010 A man holding three hostages at the Silver Spring, Md, headquarters of the Discovery Channel was shot to death by police Wednesday The gunman (continued) .Hawking: Human Salvation Lies in Space
Aug 10, 2010 Despite what some global warming naysayers might still insist, it's not looking like planet Earth is going to be a super-comfy place to reside indefinitely. Now, superphysicist Stephen Hawking has suggested an alternative.
‘Climategate’? Not So Much
Jul 8, 2010 A British panel investigating allegations that several scientists studying climate change had massaged their data to prop up global warming claims has largely cleared them of those charges (continued).
Jane Ciabattari on the Delights of the Rural Life
Jul 10, 2009 Is the pastoral arcadia of the country life far from derivatives and emissions and the other excreta of our modern cities all that it's cracked up to be? Two new memoirs give readers who don't want to stir from their armchairs to take up farming an insider's look.
Pope: Homosexuality Is Unnatural
Dec 23, 2008 Pope Benedict XVI on Monday called for the protection of traditional heterosexuality, comparing the Catholic church's role in defending the family to saving the rain forests.
