It has been called the “burned-over decade,” a “dream and a nightmare,” the “definitive end of the Dark Ages, and the beginning of a more hopeful and democratic period” in American history.
Back in the tall grass just north of the U.S. Forest Service public-use cabin here, a yard-sized excavation of sod and dirt on the edge of an old avalanche run-out told an interesting story.
Shell Oil is trying to steal local peoples land. Shell dumping Toxic Waste into ocean. Other unsafe and dangerous practices. Stop the Butchers from stealing our land and our resources.
The effects of climate change-which not long ago was looked upon as little more than an abstract concept lingering in the distant future-are now an inescapable reality. The future is here, and Cana...
Death is what it's all about in Iraq these days: The growing number of U.S. deaths confounds military commanders and exasperates the public; the Iraqi death spiral widens with no end in sight.It's not as though anyone is going to change their mind about the Iraq war based on some number of deaths. Still, we are all grasping -- citizens, politicians, military strategists, American and Iraqi alike
EEK! A (BIG) MOUSE: Rat scientist Judy Easterbrook shows off her stuffed trophies. It's midafternoon, just outside the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in East Baltimore, and the street is filled with the crowd from the nearby hospital-shift-changers and the recently released, all surgical scrubs and crutches.
Avid bird hunter Tom Boutin doesn't use measuring cups or spoons when figuring how much spice to add to his wild fowl before popping them into the oven. He also admits to not being imaginative in his culinary efforts, but says, "People do like them when I cook them, so I guess it works out."
Still a long way from being cleared for take-off, the Pebble Mine keeps edging toward the starting line, while opponents, fearing environmental disaster, continue to challenge the project.
