The War to Stop is the Next One
Starting a war requires little more than a basic form of primeval intelligence. Stopping a war, however, may call for the concerted dedication of many superior human minds. It is consequently a...
Month: May 2006
Playing Games with the Facts Around High Oil Prices, While Missing its Economic and Global Consequences
In the United States, oil prices will go up this summer - surprise! For much of the American media, this is a headline. For most US consumers, it is something that happens fairly regularly - albeit...
Lalla Fatima
Lalla Fatima Summer time– blast of the same black sirocco blow-dries bright green under the shattered villa windows. It’s siesta time. Transparent, like a sheet of paper, blank, Lalla Fatima, in...
The Nuclear Option in a Mad, Mad World
The total world demand for oil reached 85.71 million barrels per day (mbd) in 2005. The main consumers were North America that accounted for 30.6 percent (or 25.65 mbd), the Pacific and Asia,...
United 93
On controversy and great filmmaking “United 93” could have easily been gratuitous, or cheesy, or exploitative. It is none of these things. If you feel ready to confront the tragedy of the...