Mother Nature being Mom

Various reports and alarm are surfacing on whether global warming and the “human footprint” are causing changed weather patterns (which they are), leading to a greater number of natural disasters (which they may not be). In the past 35 years, reported natural disasters worldwide have risen nearly 500 percent. But much of that is attributed [...]

Myanmar, 8 days, and a strong case for democracy

I figure we should talk about Myanmar, so here we go.
So far, the UN estimates that between 69,290 to 101,682 people have died from the May 3 cyclone. Even the state-run Myanmar television acknowledges a death toll of 28,458. These numbers are simply tragic and astounding.
The Nobel-prize winning Economist Amartya Sen claimed that [...]