Monthly Archives: May 2011

Conspiracy on Wikipedia

While reading about the Thai Junta crack down of the media just after the coup d’état on September 19th 2006 on Wikipedia I tried to follow to links from the article. The first was to the website of www.19sep.org – … Continue reading

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The Hurt Locker vs Green Zone

These two movies about the Second Gulf War tell us much about the American psyche when it comes to people’s thoughts about the invasion of Iraq. I am not planning on really reviewing the movies in this article. Instead I … Continue reading

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The Politics of Sustainability

Sustainability is a concept that everyone can understand? it means being able to continue some action for an indefinite time. There is no net loss thus there is no danger of running out of a resource and causing a cessation. … Continue reading

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The Left and National Security

In the battleground of American Politics as well as British politics the left wing party is often characterized as being too compassionate; as being soft on national security. This is a stereotype foisted on the left by right wing politicians … Continue reading

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Is it Healthy to be a Vegetarian?

One thing that I’ve been thinking about a lot recently is the incidence of vegetarianism in countries like the United States. Culturally we are led to believe that: Vegetarianism = good health I agree with this attitude in certain respects, … Continue reading

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