With all the propaganda in the US about Canadians not liking our health care system, here are some actual numbers: Canadians Love Their Health Care and Want it to be Even More Socialized Further, as someone who has experienced both systems, I can ...

Interesting read on India’s actions and plans for climate change: Dispelling myths about India and climate change.  Surprisingly, it mentions that India already produces 10% of its power from renewable resources,  compared to less than 4% for the...

This is stupid: Union blocks teacher bonuses.  A school district in Boston had setup incentives (bonuses) for teachers whose students performed well.  I’m sure the system could be gamed, and wouldn’t be perfect, but it still sounds like a good idea....

There seems to be a growing divide on the Interwebs: those who use Twitter and those who don’t.  Within my age group and level of tech-saviness I had been getting the impression I was in the minority of those who don’t use it.  So, this came as a...

Canada’s CO2 emissions are up well over 20% as measured against 1990.  Even more embarrassing: our emissions grew more than the US by about 10%. Further, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Sweden, Britain and Germany all showed significant...

Following up on the recent post Cell phone radiation data that had interesting comments, we now have: Cell phone usage linked to brain tumors The WHO just finished a large 10-year study: A report by the World Health Organization shows that...