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Rubicon Days: "The Traveler" Returns to Pakistan

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010. The Traveler" Returns to Pakistan. The Urdu poet Mustafa Zaidi died today in 1970. What might he have written had he lived to witness the floods that have devastated his homeland? Today in 1970, Pakistan lost one of their great modern Urdu. Poets when Mustafa Zaidi. Passed away. He was just 39 years old. The Traveler' is a tour de force of longing - a longing for place, for recognition, and for love," Steele writes. If Zaidi returned today, what might he see? He might see destr...

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Rubicon Days: The True Cost of Megamalls

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009. The True Cost of Megamalls. The global recession has stifled mall culture. That's not a bad thing. In December, the French business management consultancy group Beauvais Consultants. Released a study entitled " Setting Up Superstores and Climate Change. Which examined the environmental impact of shopping in suburban malls - or "hypermarkets" - through surveys of 5,000 urban-dwelling consumers. Bigger than 3,000 square meters. In 2004, developer Larry Siegel broke ground for Xanadu.

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Rubicon Days: Jimmy Carter Was Right

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Jimmy Carter Was Right. Barely two weeks into his presidency, Jimmy Carter called for a comprehensive, long-range energy policy that emphasized conservation. Too bad no one listened. One of our most urgent projects is to develop a national energy policy," said President Jimmy Carter. In a televised Oval Office address on February 2, 1977. It was his Report to the American People on Energy. He had been president for just 13 days. Just think for a moment where we might be today if...

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Rubicon Days: Dying for a Diet Drink

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Friday, May 29, 2009. Dying for a Diet Drink. One hundred and twenty-three years ago today, Americans were introduced to a drink that would change the world, for better or worse. On this day in 1886, those who opened up the pages of the Atlanta Journal. Were the first to see an advertisement for a product that would eventually become one of the world’s most ubiquitous beverages: Coca-Cola. Also known as Coke. Invented by American chemist John Pemberton. From which cocaine is made) and kola nut. Over two ...

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Rubicon Days: America's State Department Turns 220

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Monday, July 27, 2009. America's State Department Turns 220. America's State Department was born today in 1789. Over two centuries old, is it flexible enough to deal with crises that have no state borders? On May 19, 1789, then Representative James Madison. Of New York introduced a bill to Congress to create an executive Department of Foreign Affairs headed by a Secretary of Foreign Affairs. It was signed into law on July 27 by President George Washington. Who appointed Thomas Jefferson. A forward-lookin...

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Rubicon Days: Obama: Offshore and Off Base

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Thursday, April 1, 2010. Obama: Offshore and Off Base. Obama's decision to drill on the outer continental shelf is a bad one on several counts. The US. Congress instituted a moratorium on drilling the outer continental shelf in 1981. President H.W. Bush issued a parallel presidential moratorium in 1990. President Clinton extended it. In 2008, President George W. Bush lifted the moratorium. Oil companies cheered. Environmentalists and renewable energy advocates were stunned. Then there's the issue of wild...

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Rubicon Days: Crossing the River Jordan

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Crossing the River Jordan. Symbolically, it flows powerfully through Judaism, Christianity and Islam. But today, the Lower Jordan River is a mess. According to the Canonical gospels. Gospel of the Hebrews. Jesus Christ was baptized in the Jordan River. Crossed it and rode a chariot of fire into Heaven. Elisha. Used the river's water to cure lepers. Joshua. Crossed it into Canaan. It was a prominent part of the Prophet Muhammad. S nighttime journey from Mecca. Over 98% of the his...

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Rubicon Days: Retreat at Îles Kerguelen

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Retreat at Îles Kerguelen. France's largest glacier is quickly disappearing. S 1966's sci-fi novel Rocannon's World. There is a city called "Kerguelen" on the planet " New South Georgia. Kerguelen is also a French territory composed of about 300 islands in the southern Indian Ocean named after Breton navigator Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen de Trémarec. Who discovered the archipelago in 1772. Also known as Desolation Island, the Îles Kerguelen. Which is melting at an alarming rate.

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Rubicon Days: Waste Land: Death Watch for Minke Whales in Norway

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Waste Land: Death Watch for Minke Whales in Norway. Norway is poised to overtake Japan as the world's biggest whale-killer. April is the cruellest month," wrote T.S. Eliot. In his famous 1922 poem " The Waste Land. For almost 2,000 minke whales. Currently in Norwegian waters, that statement has particular relevance: Norway's whaling season officially began on April 1. Now, Norway is set to overtake Japan as the world's biggest whaling nation. The whaling industry supplies a bla...

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Rubicon Days: The Real Price of Meat

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Friday, March 19, 2010. The Real Price of Meat. Eating meat is a costly affair on several levels. The international "Meatout" campaign adds up the total bill. The deleterious effects of meat-eating are being seen on a global level. According to a new report. Livestock and their byproducts actually account for at least 32,564 million tons of CO2 per year, or 51 percent of annual worldwide GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions.". All this C02 can be deadly for humans. In a study published in. Estimated that local...