The first serious crisis since the end of the Cold War…

What was the first “serious international crisis” after the end of the Cold War? Well, there was Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait back in, which prompted the first Gulf War. Coming 9 months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, I’d say it counts as a post-Cold War crisis. The Yugoslav Wars, [...]

The future of aviation

How quickly times change.
Most people have been aware of the idea of climate change for about a decade, but rising awareness of
carbon dioxide as a pollutant was coupled with rapidly increasing consumption of fossil fuels.  Globalisation and shopping online created a world in which people and products moved more and more.  Efforts to curb fossil [...]

Gore for VP…?

Rob Kuttner at TAPPED explores the idea of Gore as Obama’s Vice Presidential nominee. Wouldn’t that be something?
The fact that former Virginia governor Mark Warner is delivering the keynote speech at the Democratic Convention is being taken as a sign that Kaine (also a former governor of Virgina) is out of the running. [...]

Vote Paris!

Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad.

Decent movie, but is it X-Files

I was an X-Files fan, but for whatever reason, I didn’t really watch the show much after the first season.  I never saw (and didn’t want to see) any of the episodes after David Duchovny left the show.  But there was no way I was going to miss the new movie.
I saw The X-FIles:I Want [...]

Back

I’ve had this blog down for a while, but it’s time to bring it back up.  I probably won’t be updating for another couple weeks, but at least the old stuff is here.