By Scott Lucas | – The last adult in the Trump White House playground has gone – and the president is throwing his toys around. James Mattis, as defence secretary, was one of three retired generals in the Trump administration whose hope was to contain an ill-informed, temperamental, and unpredictable president. Now they’re all gone: […]
The Fossil Fuel Era is Coming to an End, but the Lawsuits are Just Beginning
Efforts to phase out fossil fuels will have to ramp up considerably — and quickly
Can we Make Christmas Sustainable?
What would Jesus Want?
Why you Need to Understand Yemen’s Houthi Rebels
The Houthi insurgency began in the early 1990s, spurred by Zaydi resistance to growing Wahhabi influence in the north.
Why do we Revere Malala but Not Ahed Tamimi?
“There is no justice under occupation and this court is illegal”
Red Alert: World will Put out Record 37 bn tons of Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide in 2018
The strong growth is the second consecutive year of increasing emissions
Why Gandhi’s ideas on Nonviolence continue to thrive, even in the post-truth era
As we now face a global dearth of alternative political ideas, perhaps it’s no wonder we are turning again to the Mahatma for inspiration
NASA Spacecraft rendezvous with Asteroid that could one Day Collide with Earth
OSIRIS-REx may be able to aid in preventing asteroid strikes
Why Kahlil Gibran is one of the Best-Selling Poets of All Time
By Antonia Pont | – (The Conversation) – Kahlil Gibran (original spelling at birth “Khalil”) is a strange phenomenon of 20th Century letters and publishing. After Shakespeare and the Chinese poet Laozi, Gibran’s work from 1923, The Prophet, has made him the third most-sold poet of all time. This slim volume of 26 prose poems […]