May 3, 2010 - Global Comment

Centurion: the perils of empire make for good cinema

May 3, 2010
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By Mark Farnsworth

Early on in Marguerite Yourcenar’s “Memoirs of Hadrian” the Emperor Hadrian, now 60, muses, “This morning it occurred to me for the first time that my body, my faithful companion and friend,...

The Gulf Coast oil spill is a consequence of our oil addiction.

May 3, 2010
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By Erik Loomis

The poor Gulf Coast. So abused, so neglected, so forgotten. The oil spill currently afflicting the Louisiana coast has received a great deal of attention. This media focus happens all too rarely in...