Forest Fires and Storms Plague Europe
Dry as tinder have been the forests of Portugal and Spain this year. Ditto for those in Bordeaux just a little further north in...
Seventy-Five Years of India’s Independence
If anyone had asked Jawaharlal Nehru as he made his midnight speech on August 15 and freedom dawned, how he visualized India 75 years...
Ups And Downs of Women’s Property Rights
In the English speaking world during the first part of the 19th century, women were considered either too frivolous or even weak-minded to be...
A Glimpse of The Middle Class in Ancient Egypt and its Lesson
It is a tidy fact that history is written not of the common people and their circumstances but of the rulers, their families, their...
Climate Change and its Effects on Europe
If one thinks Putin has become a headache, then the future of Europe under the forecast climate change regime is pneumonia.
According to this scenario,...
The Greater Frequency of Natural Disasters and our Response
While no one can ascribe specific natural catastrophic events to global warming, their frequency appears to have increased. So it is that forest fire...
The Admixture That is India
That India has had waves of newcomers is historical. And now the original inhabitants of the country comprise only five percent of the population.
Known...
Global Warming And The Future Of Food
While there may be uncertainty as to the level of global warming, there is little to none about its reality and its anthropological basis. ...
The Human Price of Tea
There is nothing quite like that first cup of tea (or coffee) in the morning. The aroma swirls about in the nostrils and a...
Is U.S. Influence Waning in Latin America?
The first Summit of the Americas convened in Miami, Florida (Dec 1994). Imagined by Bill Clinton, it increased trade and commerce and brought greater...