Month: May 2010

I believe that Congress will pass the Wall Street Reform bill, possibly with a lot of Republican support. That will represent two giant wins for the Obama administration in a row. But I don’t know if they can keep it...

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. Madagascar, like many other African nations, “is based on rice,” says Xavier Rakontonjanahary, the Rice Breeding Coordinator at the Centre...

. France: Kickback Claims Mount in 2002 Pakistan Car-Bomb Case PARIS (WSJ) — Prosecutors investigating a 2002 bombing in Pakistan that killed 11 French citizens are taking their probe in a new direction, looking into...

Here are a couple of videos to show you what is happening in the gulf. The first includes aerial footage and commentary on the oil leak. The second shows a pod of dolphins swimming in oil-slicked waters. Still no end in...

With the massive march on Washington DC and the passage of S.B. 1070 in Arizona, immigrants in general, and a potential immigration reform bill specifically, have taken center stage in the American political debate.  But,...