The estimated cost of the fires in San Diego so far is one billion dollars. Seems like a staggering number, until you consider that the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the U.S. has spent 415 billion dollars in Iraq, and that the cost may escalate to 2.1 trillion dollars by 2,017. That works out to…Continue reading you’re spending a lot of money in the Middle East
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a fiery future for the western fronteir
Tim Egan has written a wonderful article for the BBC, “Why Forest Fires Are Spreading,” on why the fires that are turning much of Southern California to tinder are to be expected, and why they’re going to get worse in coming decades. If you look at a map, you find that the fastest growing areas…Continue reading a fiery future for the western fronteir
Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Fire
The Cal governor proves he’s got a finger on the public pulse, unlike the political players in the nation’s last major natural disaster: New Orleans’s Mayor Nagin, George W. Bush, and Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco. Despite the guv’s party affiliation, his response has been swift, sensitive, and decisive. In this AP photo, he is seen…Continue reading Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Fire
McCanns as Public Spectacle Number One
New toxicology tests commissioned by the McCann family show that the McCann twins, Sean and Amelie, were not sedated on May 3, the night Madeleine McCann went missing. If the tests prove to be truly objective, this puts a hole in the Portuguese police theory that Kate McCann sedated Madeleine to make her go to…Continue reading McCanns as Public Spectacle Number One
Missing in Burma
If you’ve been paying attention only to American media, you might have sort of forgotten about Burma. But the BBC reports that thousands are likely missing, including entire families, and citizens are living in fear of further arrests, beatings, and torture. They worry for the safety of their family members who have been rounded up…Continue reading Missing in Burma