Major food companies promote childhood obesity
Governments should ban all advertising of unhealthy food aimed at children and indeed ban the production and sale of such foods entirely.
What lessons learned in "Rise of the Apes"?
The film makes you wonder how far humans have come, but it also asks how far we have to go.
Afghanistan: Dangerous illusions about a very bumpy border
Okay, New York Times, time for a little geography lesson, with a few bits of history thrown in.
Robotics: a dilemma for workers today
What happens when a robot takes a job away from a living person? Can anything good come of this?
A few facts about Rick Perry’s Texas
Whether it's jobs, deficits, education or other concerns, an examination of Texas under Rick Perry ought to give any American a shudder.
Crying and laughing about the holocaust?
It may be that a tragedy plus a comedy is the only way that Parisians can describe their feelings about what happened under Nazi occupation. Maybe it takes both?
Will Obama get on the bus for federal action to create jobs?
President Obama began a 3-state bus tour today to Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.
Youth: What the hell are we fighting for?
With the recent riots in London never has there been a clearer example that a new generation of youth with limitless potential is being wasted.
Killing owls to save them: What would Darwin say?
Should we sacrifice barred owls under the cover of saving spotted owls so timber companies can "thin" old-growth forests?
50th anniversary of Berlin Wall: a deeper look
This year Berlin's public TV channel gripped our brain cells every day for a month in advance of the anniversary of the Berlin Wall. For anyone probing more deeply, however, some questions still require answers. Why was it built?
