Posts from the ‘politics’ category

Maldives 1: In search of the sinking islands

In preparation for a trip to the Maldives that I will be taking in November, I’ve decided to exercise my considerable powers of curiosity and bulk up on random…

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Harbin cont: big city, transgenic trees, and a restaurant that glorifies all things Mao.

O.K. I have a few minutes to scribble some stuff here, so here goes. I’ve had a chance to tour Harbin a little more the last…

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Islamophobia on the Go

Today I had an Islamophobic moment. It started innocently enough. I was sitting at the back of the bus trying quite unsuccessfully to untangle my ipod…

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SENSibility 3: Time for an Extinction Clock?

Earlier this month the World Conservation Union identified more than 16,000 species threatened with extinction. Prospects for survival improved for exactly one species on the planet…

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Walrus article provides a good, albeit, pessimistic context on the general mess that is Africa

Africa is a mess and it’s not going to get better any time soon. That’s the awful truth that’s so hard to face — or to…

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Soviet Board Games Repackaged by the Western Bourgeois

SOVIET GAME: “Fields” (Repackaged in the West as “Monopoly”) OBJECTIVE: To make it through the game without harming any one, while providing for your loved ones.…

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Canada’s Clean Air Act: The Solution or the Problem?

“Climate change is rapidly emerging as one of the most serious threats that humanity may ever face.” ~ Kenyan Environment Minister Kivutha Kibwana, President of the…

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SENSibility 2: Don’t Forget the Garbage

We hear a lot about climate change these days. It is The Big Dark Thought of our time, just as nuclear Armageddon was The Big Dark…

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The Three Emails I Sent Last Night to the South Korean Embassy

7:36 pm EST: Hey, South Korea. Just to let you know, that thud you heard, it wasn’t a nuclear test by North Korea. It was me.…

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Similarities I Noticed Between George W. Bush and the Burning Bush

Natural disasters figure prominently for both. In their own ways – doing their part to increase carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Neither necessarily follows international…

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