We kind of knew this from the 1970s through the 1980s, or at least we talked about it back then, that international blackmailing would become a reality, if we did not put it in check at that moment, and we did not put it in check, and still we have not. It now is a [...]
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"Turn of the Century – 2100" by Charlie Pedersen – Book Review
December 30th, 2010 
admin Turn of the Century: 2100 by Charlie Pedersen Outskirts Press (2007) ISBN 9781598003291 Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (2/07)In 2085, 9-year-old Aly was summoned to the bedside of her namesake, Alyson, her grandmother. The 105-year-old Alyson is dying and had been living on a Rejuvenator the last 15 years of her life. Four [...]
Poverty, A Denial of Human Rights
December 19th, 2010 admin “Poverty is the world’s worst human rights crisis.” With that belief Irene Khan writes passionately and authoritatively, a heartrending book, advocating for a human rights approach for the approximately three billion human beings living in poverty on less than $2.50 a day. That statistic translates into almost half of the world’s population. Approximately twenty thousand [...]