The A-Z of Global Warming: Deforestation
Deforestation is basically the loss or destruction of forest habitat, primarily as a result of the action of human beings.It is the single largest source of land- use greenhouse gas emissions, and accounts for around 18 -20% of global greenhouse gas...

Putin's Nation State Model
On February 8, 2008 President Vladimir Putin of Russia made an extraordinary speech at the Expanded Meeting of the State Council. The 13 page speech was titled Russia’s Development Strategy to 2020. The document is a template, a guide for the...

Access to Health Care in U.S: Problems and the Bottom Line
Access encompasses both the ease and timeliness with which health services can be obtained (Office of Health Care Access, 1999; Millman, 1993). Metrics of measuring access to health services include:* Having health insurance, * Adequate income, and...

Canadian Military Missions Since WW2
Canadian Military Missions Since The End Of The Second World War 1947 - South Korea. United Nations Temporary Commission in Korea (UNTCOK). 2 soldiers acted as observer elections. 1947-1948. 1949 - Kashmir. United Nations Military Observer Group in...

Healthcare - Why Congress Can't Fix It
Hillary Clinton says she will fix our health care system. Barack Obama says he can fix it better. The fact is that neither of them will “fix” anything. Either of them will change system, but there are some serious issues as to why neither of their...

Gender Bias vs Race Bias Still Alive In America?
Afro-Americans are lining up behind Obama and white females over 50 are lining up behind Hillary and both demographics are threatening to walk out of the Denver convention if their candidate is not the nominee. Now if this isn’t an example of...

Open Letter to Senator Clinton & Senator Obama
Are both of you crazy? If you both keep up the gender and race issues, you just might as well hold the door open for President McCain as he moves into the White House. I am so disappointed in both of you. I am one of the unheard voices that I...

Who Is Playing The Race Card?
Wall Street Journal Week in Review on Fox News said that Obama is playing the race card. The next show Beltway Boys also on Fox news said Clinton is playing the race card. Hey Fox – you can’t have it both ways.Let’s examine what racist statements...

I Report - You Decide
I have found some interesting facts while watching C-Span last night. The minority leader of the Florida legislature was on.He said that every state which moved up their primaries were originally told that their votes would not count but after a...

Black Liberation Theology
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright teaches “black liberation theology”. Liberation theology as it has expressed itself in the African-American community seeks to find a way to make the gospel relevant to black people who must struggle daily under the burden...

An Angry Democrat Speaks Out
If my party does not come to a fair decision which is inclusive to Florida and Michigan – I will no longer consider myself a member of the Democratic Party. Even thought I was raised a Democrat and raised my children as Democrats – I will turn my...

Breached Security
Once again our leaders in the Bush administration have shown how little we are protected. If they can’t even protect the private passport records of our presidential candidates how can we expect them to stop the bomb in the shopping mall, the...

Not "Peak Oil", But Lots More Oil
There was an interesting news item out of Moscow in late September to which most people probably paid little heed. "Russian is one of several countries that have rushed to lay claims to the area where a U.S. Study suggests as much as 25 percent of...

The Bitch: Suburbia - and the Barking Mad!
Well Darlings,Have you ever met something that on the face of it seems okay, but the hype which comes with it begins to worry you? Today, as I write this, in an "exclusive" the local newspaper has revealed a nearby building firm wishes to erect 637...

The Bitch: Many Nails, Many Coffins - A Budget!
Well Darlings,I guess the Budget was only what was to be expected from Alistair Darling, a man so grey that on entering a room he turns John Major into living Technicolor. The question must be posed: how can someone who sucks the very lifeblood out...

SCOGOSTOLOGY-POLITICALOGY: Jewish Support Crucial For Obama's Nominat..
OBAMANISM IS THE CURE FOR CLINTONITIS AND MIDDLE EAST STRIFE.Obamanism is the cure for Clintonitis that has devastated America and I hope Jews all over US rally around Obama and support him to win both the nomination and the Presidency because...

The Bitch: What, No Scantily Clad Pool Boys?
Well Darlings,If you live in the UK, did the Earth move for you? The second biggest quake in UK recorded history has certainly been a talking point, hasn't it? And perhaps never more so than for all the appreciative young ladies in the backs of cars...

Still Another Look At Global Warming
David Stipp of Fortune has referred to climate change as "the mother of all national security issues (2004)." I see no reason to disagree, since as explained in my new textbook (2007), a peaking of global oil production in the near future could be...

Some Friendly Economics For The Nuclear Energy Booster Club
I would like to begin this brief exposition with a bizarre fairy tale that was confected by two well known energy experts, Amory Lovins and Joseph Romm, and published in Foreign Affairs (1992-93), which is the prestigious journal of the (United...

An Interview With Aruna Roy: Janadesh 2007
Aruna Roy is a social activist who is best known for her endeavours for betterment of the rural poor in the state of Rajasthan. In 2000, she was awarded with the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership. Her continuous campaigns were...

I Am A Friend Of Naxalites: Nirmala Deshpande
Nirmala Deshpande is a name, which does not require any introduction. A widely acclaimed social activist Nirmala is one of the flagbearers of non-violence in our country. Born in 1929, she joined Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Padyatra in 1952, and...

An Interview With Mani Shankar Aiyar
"We look forward to an era of emotional integration of Northeast region with the rest of India."-Mani Shankar AiyarMani Shankar Aiyar, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj, Sports and Youth Affairs and the Development of North Eastern Region (DONER)...

Made in the USA
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is charged with preventing deception and unfairness in the marketplace. The FTC Act gives the Commission the power to bring law enforcement actions against false or misleading claims that a product is of U.S....

Burgers, Fries and Ignorant Politics: Does Democracy Need an Overhaul?
America has become a confusing place for many people who are trying to decipher through the mess of politics that is inherent in a huge country that touts democracy. The Critical Review’s (No. 1 Vol. 19) article Ignorance as a Starting Point: From...

Administrative Government Agencies
Petitioning Government Just how does one go about petitioning one of the many obscure branches of government? Agencies discussed here mostly effect our lives in administering the laws of the land, are called “The Administrative Agencies”. There are...