Archive for August, 2008

China, Beijing Olympics II
August 7, 2008, 1 Comment

China, Beijing Olympics ; Tibet Official website The Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games The Olympic Embl ...

India: Hindus & Muslims
August 7, 2008, Comments Off on India: Hindus & Muslims

7 August 2008 Violence runs through this ‘stable’ India, built on poverty and injustice The country the west ...

WEDNESDAY NIGHT #1379
August 6, 2008, 2 Comments

On the eve of the opening of the Beijing Olympics, we have some very special guests, along with the much-anticipated ret ...

Arctic Map shows dispute hotspots
August 6, 2008, Comments Off on Arctic Map shows dispute hotspots

Enlarged map and notes See also Arctic and Antarctic (BBC) British scientists say they have drawn up the first detailed ...

Commodities and co-dependency
August 1, 2008, Comments Off on Commodities and co-dependency

This thoughtful piece by Kenneth Rogoff was written in 2005. In light of the collapse of the Doha round, it bears readin ...

Can This Planet Be Saved?, Paul Krugman
August 1, 2008, Comments Off on Can This Planet Be Saved?, Paul Krugman

August 1, 2008 Please see Uncertainty and Climate change (Op-Ed, NYT) Recently the Web site The Politico asked Nancy Pel ...

The U.S. Economy and Bad Government Policies
August 1, 2008, Comments Off on The U.S. Economy and Bad Government Policies

See also Rodrigue Tremblay on Wednesday-night.com by Rodrigue Tremblay I think the [US financial] system is basically so ...

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