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Karl Muth argues that water will be the defining issue for climate change watchers and politicians in the near future. Water has a linguistic history to match its biological…
Martha Molfetas gives readers a snapshot of the ongoing gap between the commitments and reality of tackling climate change.   This past November, COP 19 proved to be yet…
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Greg Gopman isn’t particularly wealthy. Or famous. Or influential. Or powerful. He’s another white guy who moved to San Francisco and who has an idea now and then. Occasionally,…
Is everybody really like jet planes, islands, and tigers on a gold leash? Or are only some people? And should we care?I write this as the NASDAQ shattered four thousand points for…
Karl Muth talks generally about proxy variables and then focuses in on race as a proxy variable for social and economic class, arguing it is a troubling one and (mis-)used far too…
Karl Muth explores how America remembers WWII. The American narrative for the Second World War focuses, oddly, more and more on the war in Europe. From Saving Private Ryan to…
Why should local and regional representatives and officials from across the EU discuss the crisis-ridden bloc’s external relations, you might ask. ‘Because it matters’ would be…
Karl Muth explores the relationship between statistics, hypotheses, headlines and policies. When I roam around the Internet, I collect statistics. And LOLcats (hey, quit looking…
Robin Collins argues that a recent workshop on rapid reaction missed an opportunity to embrace and advance the proposal for a U.N. Emergency Peace Service. For the workshop's…