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Forging his way through the predictable UK media censorship: Dr Andrew Wakefield Responds to Measles Outbreak in Swansea
February 17, 2011 Food isn’t just something we need to shovel down our gullets each day to survive. It’s far more potent: the means, more than any other, by which we humans shape our planet and ourselves.
February 17, 2011 "So be it," House Speaker John Boehner said at a briefing yesterday, dismissing job losses as collateral damage in the funding proposal currently before the House of Representatives. Today, the House continues to debate the proposed, draconian cuts in critical programs for children for this fiscal year. Under no circumstances should children be collateral damage in a rush to cut the budget and reduce the deficit. The House Republican proposal is short-sighted, will do little to balance the federal budget, will cut life and hope-giving supports and will have a devastating impact not only on our children but our nation's future ability to compete in the world economy.
February 17, 2011 Across the Middle East, protesters clashed with pro-government mobs and security forces Wednesday and Thursday, the latest sign that the tools of repression that leaders in the region have relied on for years are now, instead, propelling more people to the streets.
Print Article | Permalink | tagged Arab, Egypt, Libya, Obama | in Iran, Middle East, World Economics February 17, 2011 "Rarely in the history of the cybersecurity industry has a company become so toxic so quickly as HBGary Federal," Andy Greenberg blogged Feb. 15 for Forbes' Firewall column. "Over the last week, many of the firm’s closest partners and largest clients have cut ties with the Sacramento start-up. And now it’s canceled all public appearances by its executives at the industry’s biggest conference in the hopes of ducking a scandal that seems to grow daily as more of its questionable practices come to light."
Print Article | Permalink | tagged Anonymous, Cyber-Security, Wikileaks | in Homeland Security, Media February 17, 2011 The workings of the media may not always be clear, but one long-standing practice - especially among medical journals - is to apply an embargo on information before publication. Lately, however, this has become controversial as a growing number of journals and institutions are adding various requirements, notably barring journalists from seeking expert comment prior to the moment an embargo is lifted.
February 17, 2011 It might be the greatest bait and switch ever pulled on the American voter. For two successive election cycles we’ve been promised jobs, a recovering economy, attention to the Constitution. After the last one, triumphant Republican after triumphant Republican declared November’s to be an election decided on jobs.
February 17, 2011 Republican Rep. Peter King of New York has introduced a piece of legislation that would help prosecute Julian Assange's whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks under the shady Espionage Act. Specifically, the SHIELD Act would amend the Espionage Act -- the 1917 law that's considered by many to be unconstitutional -- to cover the publication of classified documents.
Print Article | Permalink | tagged Espionage Act, Wikileaks, julian assange | in Homeland Security, Politics February 17, 2011 As we approach the 8th anniversary of a U.S. invasion of Iraq, and having just passed the 20th anniversary of another, it's worth reflecting on what's been accomplished through two wars and the intervening sanctions that former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright so famously approved of even at the cost of a half million children's lives.
February 16, 2011 In America we are taught from birth that capitalism is synonymous with markets, democracy, and individual liberty. Whatever its flaws, the only alternative is communism, or so we are told.
February 16, 2011 Eating a diet rich in fiber may reduce your risk of dying from heart disease, respiratory disease or any other cause by 22 percent, researchers from the U.S. National Cancer Institute report.
