Monthly Archives: June 2003

THE SLOGOSPHERE’S BEST KEPT SECRET

Posted on June 3, 2003 by Dave Pollard

If you haven’t already, add Monster Limo Weblog to your daily reading list. Bright, concise, informative, and funny political summaries, every day. Today I especially liked these two excerpts: … Can it be that our administration is too incompetent to … Continue reading →

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A QUIZ: IS YOUR COUNTRY WAR-PRONE?

Posted on June 3, 2003 by Dave Pollard

I have long been interested in the causes of civil and international wars, and studied in university the high correlation between population density per arable acre, population growth rate, and the frequency and intensity of wars. Recently, I read approximately … Continue reading →

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THE POST-CONSUMER ECONOMY: A MODEL FOR OUR FUTURE

Posted on June 2, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Although economists might have you believe that capitalism is a new phenomenon, the essential building blocks of capitalist economy — private property, shared work effort, agriculture and tool-making — began about 30,000 years ago, as the predominant human culture on … Continue reading →

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WATER: THE OTHER SCARCE LIQUID

Posted on June 1, 2003 by Dave Pollard

A special report from the BBC suggests the next wars may be fought not over oil, land, minerals and ideology, but over clean, safe water. Here’s the lead-in: Two-fifths of the world’s people already face serious shortages, and water-borne diseases … Continue reading →

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