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Naomi Klein: why New Orleans wonâ��t be ignored

Gwynne Dyer: Hurricane Gustav hides evidence of melting Arctic sea ice

Gwynne Dyer: Political bickering could start a new Cold War

Gwynne Dyer: Joe Biden likes projecting power

Gwynne Dyer: An Obama-Biden foreign policy

Gwynne Dyer: U.S and Russia playing a long cynical game with ABM missiles

Gwynne Dyer: NATO on the brink of breaking up

Gwynne Dyer: Thaksin Shinawatra could be the Peron of Thailand

By Gwynne Dyer

It's too bad that a figure as divisive as Thaksin was the first to try to open Thai politics up to the concerns of the poor, but a less flamboyant and abrasive politician would probably never have tried.

Naomi Klein: why New Orleans won’t be ignored

By Naomi Klein

Hurricane Gustav should have been political rat poison for the Republicans, no matter how well it was managed. But the early results show the storm has actually helped John McCain’s bid for the White House.

David Suzuki: Lessons my father taught me are worth sharing

By David Suzuki and Faisal Moola

Now in the seventh decade of his life, David Suzuki looks back at his childhood and observes that the ideas and values he learned as a child seem every bit as important for today’s youth.

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Gwynne Dyer: Hurricane Gustav hides evidence of melting Arctic sea ice

By Gwynne Dyer

A thousand stories have been written about the latest category three storm for every one that is written about what is happening in the Arctic, where the loss of ice cover may surpass last year's record low.

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Gwynne Dyer: Political bickering could start a new Cold War

By Gwynne Dyer

it would be a perfectly rational (if utterly immoral) strategy if the Bush administration were trying to boost John McCain's chances in November by persuading the American public that it faces a great threat by starting a new Cold War.

Gwynne Dyer: Joe Biden likes projecting power

By Gwynne Dyer

Delaware Senator Joe Biden, Barack Obama's pick for running mate, has never met an international problem that he didn't think the U.S. should help to solve.

David Suzuki: Our perceptual filters shape the world

By David Suzuki and Faisal Moola

Our battles over environmental issues revolve around the differences in how we perceive and define the problem, but we can agree on a basic principle: we are utterly dependent on the environment for our survival and well-being.

Gwynne Dyer: An Obama-Biden foreign policy

By Gwynne Dyer

Delaware Senator Joe Biden, Barack Obama's pick for running mate, has never met an international problem that he didn't think the U.S. should help to solve.

Gwynne Dyer: U.S and Russia playing a long cynical game with ABM missiles

By Gwynne Dyer

The Russians are only pretending to be worried about the missile defence system in Poland; they and the Americans know it doesn't work, but they play along to maintain their military might elsewhere.

Canada isn't rushing to defend human rights

By Michael Byers

Because of a lack of leadership by public officials, our country ignores laws that amount to persecution of homosexuals in countries like Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.

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David Suzuki: new science looks at big picture for global future

By David Suzuki and Faisal Moola

In a world that is expected to reach a population of 10 billion, science must consider how we are to survive and live in harmony with the natural systems that we are a part of and therefore depend upon.

Gwynne Dyer: NATO on the brink of breaking up

By Gwynne Dyer

NATO survived the collapse of the Soviet Union and expanded to take in all of its former satellite states of Eastern Europe. But the debacle in Georgia and U.S. pressure over membership could break the organization.

Dreams of Obama: transformational president or another disappointment?

By Tom Hayden

As the Democratic National Convention in Denver draws near, can presidential candidate Barack Obama live up to his own challenge of rising up, organizing, and reshaping the centre of U.S. politics?

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Gwynne Dyer: No Cold War return over Georgia

By Gwynne Dyer

With Russian troops probably out of Georgia within a week and the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili likely gone by the end of the year, it should leave a certain chill in the air but not global conflagration.

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How Scheer determination transformed Germany

By David Suzuki and Faisal Moola

Canada should follow the example of German parliamentarian Dr. Hermann Scheer, whose innovative plan committed his country to building a renewable energy sector, says David Suzuki.

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