I think Heinberg and Hopkins are right (see previous blog): sustainability activists should focus on resource scarcity, rather than climate change. It’s…
This planet has – or rather had – a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy…
Owing to stranglehold powerful corporate lobbies have on Congress and federal regulatory agencies (such as the EPA and FDA), the US has…
The US has the worst record in the industrialized world for regulating toxic chemicals – thanks to the stranglehold powerful corporate lobbies…
(I confess I didn’t know that they had one). Here’s a Washington Post article regarding CIA concerns that their climate change unit…
What Does Collapse Look Like? “Collapse” could mean the collapse of the US dollar or economy, the electrical or telecommunications grid, food…
Vaknin’s fourth criterion for a semi-failed state is that it replaces rational infrastructure reconstruction and policy making with empire building. In his…
Please sign the on-line petition to indict Sarah Palin for incitement to violence, related to designating Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords with a…
Sam Vaknin’s third criterion for a semi-failed state is that other countries regard it with derision, fear and abhorrence. This, like Americans’…
It seems it should be easy to blog about Vaknin’s 2nd criterion (see full criteria below) for a semi-failed state: a disgruntled,…
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