Posts categorized under ‘Politics’

Who knew that a drought in Australia would have such long-lasting implications for the rest of the world?  In 2008, the land down under suffered a devastating blow when it failed to reap sufficient yields of staple grains like wheat.
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The amount of time, money, and energy people spend being terrified of terrorists is downright incredible.  Everyone has probably heard about the supposed “failed attempt” of a Nigerian man to ignite his underwear bomb on a flight bound for Detroit
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What the heck is wrong in the world, lately?  It seems that nobody is held accountable for their actions when visiting foreign nations anymore, and it has got to stop. Today two American reporters were given a pardon from Dear
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It seems like only yesterday that the International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto was no longer a planet, instead dubbing the tiny rock a “Dwarf Planet.” However, here we are a little more than two years later and the American
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Why is it that so many people feel that science and religion are mutually exclusive? While there is ample evidence of religion outright rejecting the findings of many of the world’s most formidable scientists, there is no solid reason to
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In the final weeks of 2008, Japan’s government put quite a bit of legislation through the house, one of which involves billions of tax dollars in the form of subsidies for solar panel installation in the coming year. This “Solar
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Perhaps the title is a little over dramatic, but Australia’s move to begin filtering the internet has left me wondering what effect this might have on other western nations. According to articles on the ABC, the BBC and the CBC,
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Since their fall from power in 2006, Canada’s Liberal Party has been struggling to keep itself afloat in a sea of angry people. Although the days of the super majorities enjoyed by the powerful and charismatic Jean Chrétien have long
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A young couple walked down the sidewalk during the night, laughing at some private joke that only they could understand. Upon seeing a large orange construction cone the young man, no more than 19 years old, knocked it over. For
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“I guess I can’t go back,” he said to me as we walked down the crowded street. Curiosity piqued, I asked for clarification. “The wrong guy won, which means that there’s no point going back.” “You supported McCain, then?” “I
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According to recently declassified records dating back to the Cold War, two American F 86-D Saber attack jets were scrambled to confront an unidentified flying object in UK airspace during the spring of 1957. One of the pilots, Milton Torres,
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The “Do No Evil” company, Google, is working with some organizations to bring high speed internet access to the three billion humans that live in Africa. The project will cost billions of dollars and they hope that it will be
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It seems the next time I fly back to Canada, it will need to be a direct flight. I have no intentions of saving a few hundred dollars by flying into Portland or San Francisco, only to run into some
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