Thanksgiving Also Means Giving Thanks for Our Planet
It is Thanksgiving holiday in the
US. The Europeans do not celebrate Thanksgiving and the European
Parliament has held an election. It has chosen former German...
Venice Is Flooded: A Look at Our Coastal Future
Authors: Arshad M. Khan and Meena Miriam Yust
If humans have been lucky,
basking in the comforting warmth of an inter-glacial period for the last 10,000
years,...
Floods, Fires, Coups and Impeachment Make a Busy Week
Venice is flooded. The water is hip high in St. Mark's Square
threatening the church and the expensive shops and restaurants on its
perimeter. The mayor...
Schweitzer’s ‘Reverence for Life’ In the Age of Trump and Modi
Forever known by his phrase 'reverence for
life', Albert Schweitzer was a theologian, moral philosopher, physician and
missionary. He was born in Alsace when it was...
Climate Risks: Wildfires, Glacier Melt, Coastal Flooding … A Beautiful Antelope
California
wildfires are again in the news as the Kincade Fire now raging risks 50,000
people, who have been evacuated. It might come as a surprise...
The Turkish Gambit
The only
certainty in war is its intrinsic uncertainty, something Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan could soon chance upon. One only has to look back on
America's...
Trump Impeachment and a Boris Brexit
What could it be if not the chill of the Autumn air and the thought of
winter -- some people love it of course with...
The Climate Action Summit Fiasco
No one
could fail to be touched by the fear (for the future) and urgency in Greta
Thunberg's young voice as she broke down while addressing...
Thank You Greta: The Young Lead in the Climate Crisis
To say
Greta Thunberg is a remarkable young girl is to understate her
accomplishments. She is phenomenal. She has successfully exploited social media
and through dogged persistence...
Unhappy India
Not very
long ago (Sept 2, 2019), India launched a rocket to the far side of the
moon. It carried a lunar lander that fell silent...