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Pedestrian Cities – I

I named this as the first part of a series because there’s a lot to say about this issue and I think it likely that I’ll get back to it at some point, not because I have any plans to do so in the very near future. For now, it’s just what I came up […]

The Housing Problem

Today started reasonably well, so maybe I’ll be able to actually write something non-personal here for a change. And the best bet seems to be this post that’s been in my drafts for over two years and on my mind for even longer. The topic, as the title shows, is housing. More specifically, how could […]

United Earth Security Force

Considering how useless the United Nations Security Council often proves to be, particularly when it comes to events that require an immediate response, not to mention a forceful one, I really think that a new security organism needs to be set up, replacing all the others that currently exist. Yes, that means it’d also replace […]

The United Nations’ Security Council’s Resolution on Libya: Only too Late or Also too Little?

After long and, at best, utterly pointless discussions, the United Nations’ Security Council finally voted to approve establishing a no-fly zone in Libya and also to take “all necessary measures short of an occupation force” to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas from Gaddafi’s attacks. France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, […]

What’s Wrong with Genetically Modified Organisms, You Ask?

A couple of days ago, the Greens’ Movement from here posted a link to an article about the Romanian government desiring to allow a large number of genetically modified crops to be grown in the country. Basically, they seem willing to allow everything that’s not for some reason banned by the European Union, supposedly in […]