About one-third of America believes in Trump’s dystopian vision of the world. Everybody else believes that Trump himself is dystopia incarnate. Candide is the first and most amusing example of the powerlessness of positive thinking. In this...
It is time to acknowledge that climate change is real and to start healing our planet. The entire Northern Hemisphere has been in the grips of an unprecedented heat wave this year. Asia, Europe, Africa and North America saw several countries reeling...
Is the current heat wave caused by climate change? In early 2017, Fair Observer published my article just ahead of President Donald Trump’s inauguration discussing the possible course the new administration may take in response to climate change....
There is a planet-wide experiment that seems to be failing. You could think of it as humanity’s experiment with industrial civilization. There was a period in my later life when I used to say that, from the age of 20 to my late 60s, I was always...
Many international actors have recognized the growing strategic and commercial importance of the Arctic Circle and its newly opening waterways. In August 2017, the Russian tanker Christophe de Margerie completed a northern expedition through the...
