Even as Hurricane Rita loomed before the Gulf Coast, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin told a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation yesterday that the nation’s emergency responders require a mobile, wireless system that enables them to communicate with one another in times …
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Top 5: Things To Think About After Katrina
Most people probably still don’t care (physically, emotionally and politically) about the disaster that is now New Orleans and Louisiana (or have probably tried to move on as best one can), and if so, those same people probably haven’t even heard of the recent place crash in Indonesia that killed …
Read More »China’s Bourgeois Bandwagon
The bourgeois bandwagon is steaming along at full speed in China, as, spurred by government efforts to further boost average per-capita living space and private home ownership, residential building construction activity will advance at an estimated 8.8 percent annual pace in real terms through 2009, greatly outperforming other major national …
Read More »England 1939: Before and After
"When the alarm has sounded DON'T .... Be surprised at anything that may happen."
Read More »Arlo Guthrie’s City of New Orleans Benefit
"When I think of New Orleans, I think of music." Arlo guthrie
Read More »Sensitive New Age Guy
We were supposed to be connecting with our star guides and Star Kissed Warrior isn't responding with his usual speed
Read More »Child-free, Happy, and Altruistic
We have more time and energy to devote to the present and future of our societies and our world.
Read More »What Causes War and How Can We Stop It?
'Parasitism is too mild a term for a relationship predicated on the periodic killing of large numbers of human beings.'
Read More »Paying For The Past: Canadian Compensation
It is an extremely difficult yet essential task ... finding the balance between compensation and preferred treatment.
Read More »Air Travel: Paying Your Dues
If everyone paid in full for their flight, it wouldn't end global warming, but it would make a difference.
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