New Orleans Everything about war and armed conflict of any kind is disturbing for the simple reason that lives are at stake. One of the supposed achievements of the 20th century in the wake of devastating world wars was not only creating of multinational forums to resolve conflicts, like the United Nations, but …
Category: Conflict
What about Coal Ash?
New Orleans There’s no getting around it: coal is a problem. Everyone seems to know the climate and coal are oil and water; a toxic and fatal mix. Yet for all of the scientific evidence and national promises from one country after another, coal is still burning bright. Part of the current slippage …
When Peace Fails, Blame the Staff
New Orleans When I saw the headline, I cringed. I knew trouble was coming. What were they thinking?!? House Speaker wannabe, Kevin McCarthy, had only weeks earlier caught a bit of heat hinting that if Republicans took control of Congress the virtually unanimous support for the Ukrainian efforts to resist the Russian invasion …