We must not take our personal woes out on each other! How we treat our families, neighbors, co-workers, pets and fellow drivers is critical. Aggression is not the solution and does not make our stress go away. If you are convinced this is the “Final Tribulation” from the bible, just leav...

Not without your phone calls. TODAY. And while you’re at it, go make a pledge at Strange Bedfellows and sign up your blog or organization as well. . . Glenn Greenwald has all the important details....

Australian: KEVIN Rudd's hand-picked climate change adviser Ross Garnaut yesterday backed Labor's ambitious plan to introduce an emissions trading scheme within two years, saying it would be "terribly hard, but possible". Releasing his landmark report on Australia's climate-change challeng...

Australian: KEVIN Rudd's hand-picked climate change adviser Ross Garnaut yesterday backed Labor's ambitious plan to introduce an emissions trading scheme within two years, saying it would be "terribly hard, but possible". Releasing his landmark report on Australia's climate-change challeng...

And Big Brother is stealing it, along with your democracy, your Constitution and your family. We already know the president any president - can declare you a terrorist and have you imprisoned for extended periods of time while suspending your rights. That precedent has been set already. Recent Supre...

AP sets up a toll booth for bloggers citing its stories By Tim Conneally, BetaNews, June 17, 2008, 3:19 PM The AP’s disharmony with bloggers may have only just begun, as the alternative (cough) it’s now offering to being served with takedown notices involves paying an up-front sum for ex...

Soaring gas prices, food shortages, earth quakes, cyclones, floods, fires, war on terror, global warming…. human toll mounting … US Food Prices Spike Upward Sticker shock at the supermarket Families struggling as bills begin to bite Preparing for the end of food? Food riots will spread â...

After four years of heads down work to find answers where it appeared that only questions existed, Adam Werbach followed up his highly controversial 2004 speech, "Is Environmentalism Dead?" just over a week ago at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. The speech, titled "The Birth of Blue," was fr...

The eminently worthwhile Anti-Advertising Agency is offering the deal of a lifetime to one lucky robot who somehow found themselves stuck working in the soul-draining advertising industry: quit your job, and they'll cut you a check. For real! The pot stands at just $500 now, but they're accepting do...

Guardian: The first act of the new Australian government was to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. It was an important signal of Australia's new engagement in international relations. And a vital step in the global effort to combat climate change. It is now critical that world leaders address the challenge ...