Archive for July, 2008
Oil and the Moon (and Now Al Gore)
Posted on July 18, 2008 - Filed Under Gore, climate crisis
Yesterday Al Gore laid out an ambitious agenda to make the United States electric grid carbon free within 10 years. It is a bold and audacious plan and one that will require the full energy and effort of America if it is to be achieved. In outlining his plan, Gore called for the use […]
Read More..>>Waterboarding and War
Posted on July 3, 2008 - Filed Under terrorism
There has been a large debate over waterboarding and if in fact it does or does not constitute torture and thus violates the U.S. Constitution. The technique, in which water is poured onto the face and breathing passages of a bound subject, elicits the sensation of drowning and imminent death.
Bush administration officials have shrugged off the […]