and looking forward to the predicted drop in pollution! Here is the frame: In 1972 a bunch of computer nerds were commissioned by the Club of Rome to complete computer modeling of finite resources, rates of consumption and population growth. The output was a book called The Limits to Growth. It caused a bit of…

Mayors against Illegal Guns is reporting: Before he shot and killed Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman had been arrested for assaulting a police officer and subject to a court order for domestic violence. But thanks to Florida’s lax gun standards, he was still able to get a permit to carry a concealed, loaded handgun. Now, the…

We do have options in the next election.

Australian physician, Helen Caldicott, is Co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Thanks toTodd Boyle for capturing Helen Caldicott’s lecture in Seattle, and Mike McCormick for editing.

Yesterday I reported in Conservatives love to hate Islam that Newsmax (a conservative blog and website) had published an anti-Muslim article Muslim Marriage Guide OKs Wife Beating.  I was skeptical of the story because I knew that Newsmax has a well-known neo-conservative bias. (Please see my earlier article Conservatives love to hate Islam for background.)…

Lots of coverage of the republican primaries out there. Few signs of intelligent life in that pile of smoking offal. Going to move on. There must be more important stuff going on. Oh, here we go: Chris Hedges has a good piece in Truth Dig about the NDAA – National Defense Authorization Act – and…

Time: April 16, 2011 from 9:30am to 5pm Location: Seattle City Hall – Bertha Landes Room Street: 600 Fourth Avenue City/Town: Seattle, WA Event Type: community, gathering Organized By: Compassionate Action Network This event is NOT full! Some peopple have reported that the event is full. It’s not full and we have room for you!…

(updated 2012/04/04) I  monitor some conservative blogs and email lists, and I notice that they often publish hateful anti-Muslim stories meant to show how uncivilized and cruel Muslims supposedly are, and to promote war on Islam, no doubt. For example, Newsmax recently published Muslim Marriage Guide OKs Wife Beating 29 Mar 2012 by Steve Emerson…

Glenn’s appearance has been cancelled but here is an interview from March 30th, 2012.  http://johannhari.com/?powerpress_pinw=2058-podcast Originally posted on this site here  http://johannhari.com/2012/03/30/glenn-greenwald-a-conversation/ My latest podcast is a conversation with the most essential political commentator in the US: Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com. He is part of a tradition of American writers – from Thomas Paine to Mark Twain to Noam…