American Medicine: A Better Way Forward Written By: Jeanne Roberts 2008-04-04 13:22:31 On March 28, the New York Times reported that a cancer study, conducted by Dr. Claudia Henschke of Weill Cornell Medical College in 2006, was funded in part by a little-known charity (the Foundation for Lung Cancer: Early Detection, Prevention and Treatment) whose proceeds are derived almost entirely from the Liggett Group, a cigarette maker.
American Pie Written By: Eben Esterhuizen 2007-09-18 17:11:28 Is it fair that America, with 4% of the world’s population, uses 25% of global energy? As a South African, I don’t think so. I am excited about the prospect of economic growth in my home country, but I sometimes wonder where the energy will come from if America keeps unfairly extracting energy at the expense of everyone else.
Amy Goodman and Democracy in Action Written By: Jeanne Roberts 2008-09-02 15:47:35
Last night, at around 5 p.m. journalist Amy Goodman was arrested in St. Paul.
Analyst Foresees “New World Order” in Oil Supplies Written By: Jeanne Roberts 2008-05-26 19:32:53 Last week, a rumor that the highly regarded, Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) was planning to lower its long-term forecast for worldwide oil supplies spiked oil prices over $135 per barrel, an historic high.