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Reposted from The Edge. [First published in The New Republic, 3.19.07.] Steven Pinker In sixteenth-century Paris, a popular form of entertainment was cat-burning, in which a cat was hoisted in […]

Reposted from Truthdig. Scott Ritter In the months leading up to President Bush’s ill-fated invasion of Iraq, I traveled around the world speaking to various international groups, including many parliamentary […]

Craig Bowron You’ve heard the facts about global warming, but it all seems so unimaginable, so inconceivable, as if it were an overhyped, ecofriendly version of the deeply disappointing Y2K […]

Reposted from Truthdig. Scott Ritter The ongoing hand-wringing in Congress by the newly empowered Democrats over what to do about the war in Iraq speaks volumes about the level of […]

Reposted from Thoughts from the Frontline. John Mauldin This week we look at the yen carry trade, delve deeper into the mortgage lending world, and see if we can find […]

Richard Heinberg A soon-to-be-released study by the Energy Watch Group in Germany on the future of global coal supplies has implications so surprising and far-reaching that energy policymakers may take […]

Reposted from Mother Jones. Thomas Palley Many Americans have rightly identified China, uncontrolled trade deficits, and Wal-Mart style competition as looming threats to the American economy. However, they remain hard-pressed […]

Maxed Out director James Scurlock explains how without credit cards, millions of apparently middle-class Americans would live at the poverty level. Reposted from the Alternet.org website. Joshua Holland America is […]

This original essay serves as introduction to an important new book. Bill McKibben I’ve spent the last twenty years of my adult life writing and thinking about global warming. I […]

The following address was made to the students of Kansas State University on March 02, 2007. Bill Clinton For all the students here especially here’s the deal. What we’re supposed […]