A review of Global Environmental Governance by James Gustave Speth and Peter M. Haas. The Howard Government has warned of economic disaster if carbon emissions are cut too drastically. But in Sweden, the opposite has occurred. Bold policies have turned a city into an eco-powerhouse. Aral Sea's return revives withered villages: Dam begins to diminish ecological disaster of Soviet-era irrigation. Six Reasons You May Need a New Atlas Soon: Few new states have come into being since the fall of the Soviet Union. Creating "escape routes" for wildlife: Biological corridors, such as one planned from Panama to Mexico, would let species migrate to safer climates as global warming heats up their old habitats. The Americas have the Mississippi and the Amazon, Africa has the Nile and Asia has the Ganges and the Mekong, among others. So why wouldn’t Australia have a large river system – or an inland sea?
From YUP, an excerpt from As If Silent and Absent: Bonds of Enslavement in the Islamic Middle East by Ehud R. Toledano. A little less purity goes a long way: The Egyptian government finally bans female circumcision. The New Orientalism: Recent best-selling books are distorting the West's view of the Muslim Middle East. Ahmadinejobless: Iran’s radical president is sinking fast, and he knows it. Now, there’s only one man who can keep Mahmoud Ahmadinejad out of the unemployment line: George W. Bush. A review of The Mess They Made: The Middle East after Iraq by Gwynne Dyer. The Way Out: A roundtable discussion of our options for exiting Iraq, with Flynt Leverett, Suzanne Nossel, Charles A. Kupchan, Lawrence J. Korb and Peter W. Galbraith.
John Allen Paulos on alternative voting methods: Assigning first, second, third choices to candidates could create more accurate results. The mainstreaming of Web video in campaigns is giving candidates and political consultants new avenues to evade disclosure requirement and launch increasingly bitter attacks against rivals. The Facebook Primary: Barack Obama may be the most popular dude in the Facebook universe, but that won't stop the other guys from trying. Cass R. Sunstein on what the iPhone and the Obama campaign have in common. Justin Raimondo on Ron Paul as the conscience of conservatism. Real 9/11 heroes speak out against Rudy: New York City firefighters are out to set the record straight on Rudy Giuliani's 9/11 legacy.
From The New York Observer, Hamptons Secede! Hedgy hedge-fund colony in new iteration, America’s Monaco, as reverse migration kicks in. A review of Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels by Jill Jonnes. New York City is the celebrated center for many vital aspects of American culture: publishing, finance, and the arts. It rarely has been credited, however, as a cutting-edge leader in political ideologies. The Numbers Guy on New York City’s gender gap.
