2 Years Later, Grim Photos From the BP Disaster

Ah, there’s nothing like having family stay with you over the holidays. Especially when you feel like crap. ‘Tis better to give than receive, and I wholeheartedly agree — especially when the receiving  [more...]

Here we are, sixty years later — the only nation to have ever used nuclear weapons. We still have them to this day, and expend a lot of energy trying to keep others from having them, using them as an excuse to  [more...]

Earthquakes are perhaps the one natural disaster that take into account socioeconomic factors. Witness the two that have occurred recently. In Algeria, a 6.8 quake resulted in over 2,000 deaths and horrific destruction  [more...]