Affluenza: Rampant consumerism erodes us (Paul Majendie)

By Paul Majendie -- Reuters Jan. 25, 2007 -- Beware the Affluenza Virus. An epidemic of mindless consumerism is sweeping the world with the compulsive pursuit of money and possessions making people r ...

Brown: Politics Played Role in Katrina (Associated Press)

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jan. 20, 2007 -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Political storm clouds gathered again over the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina as former Federal Emergency Management Agen ...

Monster Bunnies For North Korea (David Crossland)

Fat German Rabbits To Feed Poor By David Crossland -- Der Speigel Jan. 10, 2007 -- An east German pensioner who breeds rabbits the size of dogs has been asked by North Korea to help set up a big bunn ...

'Spaceship Earth' Sculpture Collapses (Associated Press)

Associated Press Jan. 5, 2007 -- ATLANTA -- A million-dollar stone sculpture, intended to remind future generations of the Earth’s fragility, made its point a bit early -– it collapsed just three mon ...

Is The U.S. Planning a Horrific Global Nuclear War? (Michel Chossudovsky)

By Michel Chossudovsky -- Information Clearing House Jan. 17, 2007 -- At no point since the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945, has humanity been closer to the unthinkable ...

What We Wanted to Tell You About Iran (Flynt Leverett & Hillary Mann)

By FLYNT LEVERETT and HILLARY MANN -- New York Times Op-Ed Dec. 24, 2006 -- WASHINGTON -- HERE is the redacted version of a draft Op-Ed article we wrote for The Times, as blacked out by the Central I ...

Global systemic crisis in 2007 (LEAP/E2020)

Financial sector: Another bubble close to bursting Public announcement GEAB N°10 Dec. 16, 2006 -- Finance is one of the four sectors identified by LEAP/E2020 in the December issue of their confidenti ...

Secret dossier 'led to spy death' (Reuters)

Dec. 16, 2006 -- MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- Murdered Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was killed because of an eight-page dossier he had compiled on a powerful Russian figure for a British company, ...

Yangtze River Dolphin Officially Declared Extinct (Paul Watson)

We’ve Lost Another Cetacean Species Message from Captain Paul Watson -- Sea Shepherd News Dec. 14, 2006 -- I am steaming angry today. The Yangtze river dolphin called the Baiji has been officially de ...

Former British diplomat makes public secret evidence on Iraq

Dec. 15, 2006 (AFP) -- Previously secret written evidence submitted to an inquiry on British intelligence failures in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq was made public, with a former diplomat allegi ...

Population and the Sixth Great Extinction (Energy Bulletin)

Energy Bulletin Dec. 14, 2006 -- Peak oil, climate change, species extinction, overpopulation, agricultural land degredation and almost any other environmental issue are so intertwined that one shys ...