Lt. General Robert Van Antwerp, Chief of the US Army Corps of Engineers would not answer my question "Should New Orleans be abandoned?"
But the General, whose job it is to protect New Orleans from future hurricanes, did admit he could not save the city from storm surges. "Protect...
Posted October 21, 2009 | 21:30:44 (EST)
Two Christian religious leaders combined yesterday to warn that time was running out for the life of the planet.
Pope Benedict XVI was supporting the "green" Patriarch Bartholomew 1, leader of 300 million of the world's orthodox Christians at the opening of the eighth Religion, Science and Environment Symposium in...
Posted October 20, 2009 | 21:36:41 (EST)
When religious leaders, scientists and environmental campaigners from across the world meet to discuss something as controversial as the future of the Mississippi, its delta and the city of New Orleans there are bound to be some cross words.
On the agenda of the symposium starting on Wednesday are the...
Posted November 6, 2007 | 16:23:00 (EST)
There is said to be a pensions crisis in Europe and North America. Governments are exhorting young people to think about their future because they are simply not saving enough to keep themselves in their old age.
Frankly, I think it is the governments we need to worry about, not...
Posted October 24, 2009 | 18:50:27 (EST)