Ok the two-day festivus is over. And just as many people sit down to eat the roast beast (or vegetarian roast-beast), over in Russia they are testing new Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. Yes, the ICBM, an acronym usually associated with the cold war and the 80's. Welcome to the new cold...
One of the newer members of the European Union, Poland plans to build a highway to the Baltic states. However part of that highway would run through an ecological preserve. The classic debate begins, development versus conservation. Economy versus Environment. First guest is Peter of the Beatroot, who...
With all the problems related to automobile exhaust and the destruction of wetlands throughout the world, I didn't expect to hear that an EU nation was pushing to build a new highway through wetlands in order to connect to neighboring countries. But that is what has been going...
I drink tap water. Constantly. Yet somehow, much of the first world.. doesn't anymore. Are you one of them? This is world water week... and one of my many issues of concern in today's world is the privatization, commodification, and destruction of the world's water. Everywhere I look I see...
Just arrived. Circled the town via automobile. Checked into chez lil'Robin who is just a fantastic person. She's probably reading this too.. so I'll withhold all other compliments. Lots of meetings set up for tomorrow with some interesting projects. NOLA bloggers have not been the most responsive...
