Month: June 2005

The G8 summit is coming in a month. Global Climate change is expected to be one of the central issues discussed. In anticipation of the summit, the Science Academies of many of the leading industrialized nations issued a joint...

Well, I’ve been here for a while, though I must admit I’ve not said much… things have been pretty busy for me. I’d like to see an informal roll call of who all is here from “there” and just to...

Feminist, forty, somewhat foucauldian.   While we’re bringing in theorists to discuss gender, I’ll toss Foucault into the mix.  He says, basically, that physical oppression is easy to resist, but...

(*Update new diary part 10 is now available to post, welcome and have fun*) Welcome to Booman Tribune.  We have a tradition on this site of welcoming newcomers and asking them to tell us a bit about them. With the recent...

For many years, my revolutionary emblem has been a canvas grocery bag. I bought my first canvas grocery bag 20 years ago.  In that time, it has been to the grocery store twice a week, replacing over 2000 paper or plastic...