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California Electoral College Plan May Undermine National Election Integrity

August 30, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet

CRITICS SAY PLAN DESIGNED TO GIVE GOP UNFAIR ADVANTAGE IN NATIONAL VOTE
The Electoral College is a procedural peculiarity enshrined in the Constitution, initially intended to protect the voting power of slave-holding states, which puts the very concept of majority rule in question. A California plan to “reform” the system would grant electoral college votes to […]

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Water Resource Stress: Global Economic-Ecological Challenge for the 21st Century

August 14, 2007 :: J.E. Robertson :: One Comment

Water is one of the “fundamental building-blocks of life”, as is often said in science, in biology classrooms, in medicine, theology, environmental policy debates, and in cosmology and space exploration. It is also a commodity whose economic reality is increasingly defined by chronic scarcity and often intensely uneven distribution.

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NET NEUTRALITY: A NECESSARY PRINCIPLE FOR MAINTAINING GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC STANDARDS

August 9, 2007 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet

THE OPEN INTERNET IS A FORCE FOR DEMOCRACY & OPEN GOV’T, NOW IT IS UNDER THREAT FROM THOSE WHO WISH TO BOTTLENECK THE FREE PRESS
The concept of ‘net neutrality’ refers to the current state of affairs in the free democracies of the world, where those who control the physical infrastructure of the Internet are not […]

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Darfur Rebel Groups Looking for Agreement to Cooperate with UN Forces

August 8, 2007 :: staff :: No Comment Yet

Arusha, Tanzania, played host last week to leaders from “more than 10 Darfur rebel groups”, as the groups held talks to work out common ground and a structure for negotiating peace with the Sudan government, in light of the coming deployment of 26,000 UN-mandated peacekeepers for Darfur. The conflict which began as an effort to stamp out regional differences and secure control for Khartoum has become a crisis of global interest and one which the United Nations now seeks to put an end to.

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Electronic Voting Machines Vulnerable to Tampering, as Demonstrated by Study

August 6, 2007 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet

A California government-sponsored study has “found that virtually all voting machines used in the state are vulnerable to hackers”, creating a whirlwind of complaints from activists and defiance from manufacturers. Secretary of State Debra Bowen, along with voting rights activists have said the problem needs to be solved before next year’s presidential primary elections.

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Pink Solar Cells Can Produce Power at 25% of Current Cost

August 3, 2007 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet

As environmental groups, lobbyists and the general public push for more environmentally friendly industrial practices, scientists are finding innovative ways to bring down costs and increase the efficiency of renewable resources. The dye-sensitive solar cells (DSSC), with a pinkish sheen, now being developed at Ohio State University, are an example of the type of engineering innovation that could bring about a genuine green-power revolution.

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Rupert Murdoch Wins Bid to Buy Dow Jones, Wall St. Journal

August 2, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet

BANCROFT FAMILY SHAREHOLDERS GIVE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO LET DEAL GO THROUGH, MURDOCH WILL CONTROL WALL STREET JOURNAL
Controversial media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, through his company Newscorp, has reportedly persuaded the Bancroft family, which holds a controlling interest in the financial company Dow Jones, to sell the firm for $5.6 billion, giving him control of the Wall […]

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