Exclusive from Treehugger Getting Ready for the Big Day A day after African nations suspended talks to protest the death of Kyoto, the threats that g...
President Barack Obama's Nobel lecture last Thursday in Oslo shows he understands that "peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict." "Only a ...
The wheels have not yet come off the Obama presidency, but they could next year. The best way to prevent this from happening would be for Obama to re...
Earlier this year, Gandi Sulistiyanto, one of Sinar Mas' managing directors, told Reuters that, "We should have been arrested if we had ever been invo...
Giving is a given during December but why not give a little something extra special this holiday season that will delight the book lovers in your life and promote literacy abroad?
The Maoists have flourished in areas where the government of India has virtually abandoned the rural poor. These populations are completely cut off from the economically vibrant, rapidly growing India.
Recent studies of human behavior are revealing that survival skills also required such qualities as compassion, mutual understanding and collaboration, even selflessness.
The public's assessment of press accuracy and fairness is at a two-decade low. In other words, the audience doesn't trust us. I believe the feeling is mutual: we don't trust the audience, either.
Washington should welcome the steps towards strategic adjustment being pursued by its allies and refrain from any attempt to force them to re-embrace to the old subservient approach towards the United States.
Mr. Obama said that if his quest for a second Nobel is successful, he would bomb North Korea. "I have just one word for you," he said. "Three-peat."
Goldman Sachs has announced that its Treasury Dept. has completed a debt for equity swap with the People's Republic of China, effectively solving most of America's problems.
A number of indigenous cultures have foretold a time when humanity, our future, and the earth itself were at stake--due to human folly. In a typical f...
Scenes streaming in from thousands of citizen organizers to show their support for climate change are the perfect antidote to efforts at gridlock coming from political leaders in Copenhagen.
In order to create a field of wisdom science, we wanted to bring together all the interested parties - philosophers, classicists, historians, experts in law, medicine, psychology, biology.
This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Copenhagen SI Analysis: Representatives from 192 countries convene in Copenhagen for the UN climate confe...
While Tenzin Delek has been labeled a "terrorist" by Chinese authorities, to the Tibetan people he is a hero.
In this episode, we discuss our top 3 favorite travel spots. Details include favorite areas, seasons, things to look for and, occasionally, things to look out for...
Leigh Taylor-Young and I participated recently in the Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia. Nelson Mandela attended that Parliament and spoke of his debt to religion throughout his life.
In the search for "green" alternatives to oil or coal, nuclear energy is expected to make a comeback - mainly in Russia, China, India and developing n...
With the conspicuous exception of the Marshall Plan. America has basically used the past 65 years to forgo love and make war. Depending on your politi...
The Damah Film Festival, usually based in Seattle and L.A. debuted in the Japanese city of Hiroshima today with an all-star lineup of short films incl...
