Month: June 2011

The BBC has an article on a new report from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean that says we are about to witness a marine extinction event unprecedented in human history. Here’s a blunt assessment:...

I don’t want to get into the middle of this stink but I do want to go on the record as saying that I believe it was foolish to involve the United States in Libya, that the president should have treated our efforts there as...

I haven’t followed or studied the case but it hardly surprises me that the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Wal*Mart and against the women it employs. Part of the ruling was unanimous, but the deadly part was another 5-4...

Cheryl Contee and Elon James went incognegro to the Right Online conference in Minneapolis. Ms. Contee wrote up her experiences. She was pretty fair-minded, too, but focused (in this piece) mainly on how she responded...

. Wal-Mart wins Supreme Court sex-bias case ruling WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court ruled for Wal-Mart Stores Inc in the largest sex-discrimination lawsuit ever, overturning a decision that gave class-action status...