America's cultural civil war is in full spate. This upsetting video taken by
an Obama volunteer outside McCain's rabble-rousing visit to Ohio yesterday
shows how nasty the election is getting.
You know cycling has become mainstream when the New York Times has not one but two photo essays in the Style section- one on bikes as the latest fashion accessory: "As bike lanes multiply around the city, cycling grows ever more popular and subcultures of riders coalesce around a style and a sensibility. A look at the two-wheeled traffic." Read more...
Town hall officials were meeting Government ministers this afternoon to demand
help in recovering hundreds of millions of pounds invested by councils in
collapsed Icelandic banks.
Nato defence ministers agreed today to send ships to escort vessels carrying
food aid and protect them from piracy off the coast of Somalia, an alliance
diplomat said.
What was so striking about Tuesday's Obama-McCain television debate was how
the great structural crisis of American capitalism and society still hasn't
infiltrated mainstream American consciousness.
Solar Connects You to the Seasons
Earlier this week I shared my experiences of installing solar water heating, and included a quote from Transition Towns founder Rob Hopkins about the silliness of talking about payback times. Now Rob has... Read more...