The campaign for the U.S. presidency finally has veered in a more interesting direction. On a daily basis since Super Tuesday, dozens of people have contacted me to express similar thoughts. Especially on the Democratic side, the contest has turned into a real competition.
To generate even more appeal, the candidates in both parities – and [...]

Natural acts of mass destruction – from Hurricane Dean’s rampage across the Caribbean to the surprisingly powerful earthquake that struck Peru’s southern coast last week – clearly have taken their places as inevitabilities of our time.
Although some would argue that the world has always experienced bouts of extreme weather and other devastating phenomena, the frequency [...]