Posts categorized under ‘World’

It’s half a world away. Billions of marine creatures have died. The oil well is still gushing anywhere between 30,000 and 50,000 barrels of crude a day depending on what newspaper you read. Entire ecosystems have been wiped out and will take decades or more to recover, if recovery is at all possible.

Is child labor really so bad when we can buy fancy electronics and running shoes at such incredible prices? While we might not like the thought of kids doing a day’s labor instead of homework, most people likely couldn’t be bothered to care.

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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There’s been yet another report of data theft in the news, this time involving thousands of customer records at T-Mobile in the UK. CDs containing customer names, addresses, and the date their mobile contract ended were sold by employees of
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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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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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Looking up at the azure sky, the primate watched for signs of a storm. The summer had offered a bountiful supply of roots, fruits and vegetables, but now it was time for the fall hunts to resume. The flame had
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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 gentle sound of children laughing and playing in the nearby park wafted over a cool autumn breeze. Summer was now over and the cold clutches of winter would soon be upon the city. Sitting by the window, the ex-athlete
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Another year has passed since the last Blog Action Day recognizing {something} and, in that time, we’ve seen very little progress towards a solution. While this might make Blog Action Day seem more like Blogger Inaction Day, it shouldn’t stop
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