Archive for August 18th, 2002

Great Lakes Clean Again

US and Canadian environmental improvements are at the expense of global resources.  Some interesting statistics here.  It’s nice to know that the Great Lakes are clean again.

  

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Iraq Debate Continues

The Iraq Debate Continues. The Washington Post argues that the US administration must make the case to the American public more effectively, and states that the foundation should be the UN resolution requiring Iraq to get rid of it’s weapons of mass destruction a decade ago.

In Iraq: the Day After Robert Kagan makes the case for the kind of nation building that would be required after an invasion.  Zbigniew Brzezinski in If We Must Fight… gives a little cookbook that Bush can follow on the why’s and how to’s of starting this war.  Brzezinski comes across as a reluctant advocate of the war, and a proponent of coalition building abroad and consensus building at home.

  

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Machete Wielding Gatecrashers

Machete-wielding gatecrashers spoil teenager’s soiree.  Mmmm… glad my parties never made the news.  I can just imagine what this kid is thinking right now.  

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World Internet Population Grows 4%

According to Nielsen Ratings, the world-wide Internet population grew by about 4% last quarter.

  

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In this morning’s Ottawa Citizen, Randall Denley injects some common sense into the whole school board fracas here in Ottawa.  He is not buying the “democracy” rhetoric the trustees are tossing around. 

And here’s a link to the David Warren column I mentioned yesterday in which he makes the claim that the US is in position to launch a strike on Iraq anytime.  The Citizen finally got around to posting it. 

  

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