Robert Steele: Japan Connects with the Truth

The truth about what happened in Japan will not be known for some time. Remarkable, however, is the below admission of two key attributes for successful governance:  first, share all information broadly and quickly; and second, do not believe ignorant over-confidence (if not outright lies) told by “experts” from both the public and private sector.  …

David Swanson: Deep Insights Into MICC Misbehavior Focus on Lockheed, Boeing, Northrup Grumman, General Dynamics

Phi Beta Iota:  The meat is below the line, itemizing corporate misbehavior and political bribes in relation to awarded contracts, most of which do not produce needed capabilities that live up to their Powerpoint engineering. The Election We Should Be Following For progressives and populists around the country who take an interest in Congressional races …

David Brin: Three-Quarters Climate Change Man-Made

Three-Quarters of Climate Change Is Man-Made An independent study quantifies the human and natural contributions, with solar radiation contributing only minimally Quinn Schiermeier and Nature Magazine Scientific American, 5 december 2011 Natural climate variability is extremely unlikely to have contributed more than about one-quarter of the temperature rise observed in the past 60 years, reports …

Patrick Meier: Ushahidi Emergent as Democracy in Being

Theorizing Ushahidi: An Academic Treatise Posted on October 2, 2011 by Patrick Meier [This is an excerpt taken from Chapter 1 of my dissertation] Activists are not only turning to social media to document unfolding events, they are increasingly mapping these events for the world to bear witness. We’ve seen this happen in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, …