Mass transit slowly comes to LA
The new Orange Line here in LA runs close to where we live. It’s a dedicated busway running on what used to be a train track, stopping only at major intersections, and ends at the North Hollywood subway station. From…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month December 2005
US bombs still kill in Laos
Three decades after the Vietnam War, Laos, remains littered with millions of unexploded U.S. bombs, which kill at least 200 people a year. How many civilians will die in Iraq over how many decades for the same reason? Nor does…
Dubya is Number One!
He’s the worst president ever. (But you already knew that…)
Ghana fights water privatization
Private participation in water delivery faces stiff challenge. Government’s move to handover the management of the country’s water delivery could run into difficulty. This follows the determination of the civil society groups to resist the implementation of what has come…
Global warming news
Protesters from 30 countries unite to fight global warming Up to a million people will take to the streets of more than 100 cities in 30 countries today to demand greater action on tackling global warming. The first worldwide demonstration…