Day November 26, 2005

Chávez sends heating oil to South Bronx

A group of South Bronx residents will soon receive a large – and inexpensive – shipment of heating oil, courtesy of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, a frequent thorn in the side of the Bush administration. So why doesn’t the…

Sexual abuse by priests in Brazil

10% of country’s clergy are sex offenders, says Vatican Accoring to a Vatican inquiry “10% of Brazil’s priests – some 1,700 clerics – were involved in cases of sexual misconduct, including the physical abuse of children and women.” Regina Soares…

Clearing the air

Occasionally there is a tiny glimmer of hope that our planet might not turn to trash. During next week’s Kyoto Protocol conference, which runs parallel to the UN Climate Change Conference, a Quebec City researcher’s project on the isolation and…

Malo went missing

Malo The Flesh Eating Turtle From Hell is our pet Red Slider turtle. He lives in a tiny pond outside and likes to nibble on carrots and fingers. This week he went missing. Sue and I couldn’t find him, Sandy…