Apr 04
Barring a unforeseen meltdown, Mitt Romney is poised to take the GOP nomination, especially after last night’s primary sweep of Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia. The Obama campaign has already begun to strategically position their message around Romney as the inevitable Republican nominee and the media has started to speculate on possible vice …
Dec 27
From financial crises that threaten to tilt the global economy on its axis to looming ecological disasters that may result in the extinction of a number of species, our modern, 21st century world is under siege from a number of threats. Yet, humans as a society often ignore impending problems until it’s too late. Critical …
Aug 17
Political pundit James Carville says Mitt Romney has the best chance of winning. After all, he’s the ‘old white guy.’ Since 1944, old white guys have never failed to win the nomination, he says. Who was more old and white than McCain in 2008? No way, says New York Times columnist Gail Collins. Romney is …
Jun 29
This Week’s Big Question: When we buy green products, we aren’t doing much for the environment, says philosopher Slavoj Zizek. We run around obsessively recycling and biking and buying organic food because we believe we are doing something meaningful. But we are still consuming. We have good intentions but no real impact. Not quite, says former …