Column: In international arena, American consistently refutes consensus
January 21, 2009
American unilateralism is not merely a Bush policy but part of a common pattern of rejecting major agreements that are supported by virtually the entire world.
Content by Burke Thomas
Column: Veganism not required for living a long, happy life
December 1, 2008
In this column I will explore some of the shocking claims about eating meat that I have seen. As a complement to Paige Pinkston's cogent "Beef: It's what's going to destroy the environment" (CT, Sept. 19) I will examine the health effects of eating animal
Column: In the Promised Land, America plays subjugator
November 10, 2008
Moses learned two new tricks to prove that he had been anointed: one, when he threw his staff on the ground it turned into a snake; and two, when he put his hand into his jacket, his hand turned white. The trick is facile for an Irishman such as myself, b