“The old gray mare, she ain’t what she used to be.” —Children’s ditty. You have to feel sorry for Barack Obama. It wasn’t so long ago, riding on a wave of genuine popularity, that his message of hope and change resonated clearly throughout the U.S. attracting voters in record numbers and propelling him and the Democrats solidly into … [Read more...]

“If a tree falls in the forest, can you hear it?” — Bruce Cockburn They say an environmentalist is a guy who has a cabin in the woods while a developer is a guy who wants to build a cabin in the woods. There’s the rub. Who has rights? Governments the world over worry about economic growth, citing their mantra: the only evidence of life … [Read more...]