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Go Outside, Feel Better, Save the Climate
Go Outside, Feel Better, Save the Climate by Paul Hellweg 664 words We’re experiencing disastrous climatic events because we treat the land – metaphorically speaking – like dirt. Nature’s ecosystems regulate climate. In turn, the well-being of all nature, ourselves included, is dependent upon the health of the climate. The current level of global climate
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A Big Deal: China’s Middle East Diplomatic Coup
A Big Deal: China’s Middle East Diplomatic Coup by Mel Gurtov 937 words A Big Deal for Some By any stretch of the imagination, the March 10 announcement of China’s brokering of a Saudi Arabia-Iran agreement to resume diplomatic relations and exchange security assurances is a big deal. As one observer put it, “China’s prestigious accomplishment vaults
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Clash: Democracy vs Dictatorship
Clash: Democracy vs Dictatorship by Tom H. Hastings 588 words It was 1776. The US was a baby nation-state. It was very proud of itself for its radical new democracy, the first, it was claimed, since the ancient Greeks. Great decision-making power was conferred to–white men who owned property, except for Jews, Catholics, and Quakers. Ugh.