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Sustainability/Environment

July 2008     China short of its commitments

June 2008     Finally, some good news for tuna

May 2008     Oily Truth about the US

April 2008     California at its best -- ecofeuds

February 2008     Food Supply -- Malthus revisited

June 2007     Energy Efficiency is the required shift for the U.S.

June 2007     Weird Science & Propaganda from the Czech President

April 2007     Bolster the Rainforests!

February 2007     Study Predicts Damaging Search for World's Remaining Oil

November 2006     After all the arguments - swift action needed on climate change

June 2006     Over half the world's population to live in cities

March 2006     China Tightens its Steely Grip

January 2006     Reducing dependency on oil

January 2006     Declining Populations

December 2005     The very bottom-line -- America's most hated companies

November 2005     New approach for rainforests

September 2005     UK at a cross-roads on energy policy

September 2005     Fuel gamble gone wrong

August 2005     Ready for oil price shock?

July 2005     Insurers sound alert on climate change impact

July 2005     Housing Price Bubble

May 2005     The debate over CSR

March 2005     Scientific Anguish over Kyoto

November 2004     Gore still on track

July 2004     French road tax rattles gas guzzlers

March 2004     Painful Choices

March 2004     The Social Costs of Globalization

January 2004     Plan now for a world without oil

August 2003     Disappearing Global Supplies of Water

July 2003     Coke, Pepsi & Water in India

February 2003    Bush's Climate Change Plan Flawed

November 2002     Hug That Logger

November 2002   The Dangers of Corporate Social Responsibility 

November 2002   Hot Air or Bush?

World Affairs/Politics

May 2008     US  Vacation -- Italian Nightmare

April 2008     Rudd's mature balance

April 2008     Hilary's dogged ferocity

March 2008     Why we should fear a McCain presidency

October 2007   More abuse at the request of US Administration

August 2007   Why the Republican Party is fading

February 2007   Why the US must throw in its lot with Shia

November 2006   Tear Up the Bush Doctrine

July 2006   Dark Day for World Trade

May 2006   Killing Colonialism at the Corporate Level

March 2006   Rough Justice for Serb war maker

March 2005   Who invented golf?  China's big claim.

January 2006   Google's Deal with the Devil -- Beauty?

December 2005   Render unto Washington

December 2005   So what's all the fuss?

November 2005   How to lose friends . . .

September 2005   Arc of Danger requires Pragmatism

August 2005   Bush - still above the law

July 2005   Shame on Mugabe and African Union leadership

July 2005   US soft power needs hard work

July 2005   Rove in the spotlight -- freedom of the press?

June 2005   Debt relief favours the indebted?

June 2005   Debt relief or reward for corruption?

June 2005   Forget the hymns . .  EuroZone issues simplified . . .

May 2005   Will Mexico make a left turn?

April 2005   Hard ball in Mexico - would this change the political balance in the America's?

March 2005   New McCarthyism?

February 2005   Bush fantasies driving history?

January 2005   US stingy on foreign aid??

December 2004   North Korea -- here we go again?

December 2004   A Pledge is not a Plan -- more trouble for the US

November 2004   Think of Bush in a new role

June 2004   Bush team is dysfunctional

March 2004   Sheikh Ahmed Yassin

March 2004   Lifting the Shroud -- of deceit?

March 2004   War or Terrorism?

March 2004   Don't be fooled by Washington's spin on Haiti

Jan 2004   US was ready to invade the middle east to protect its oil consumption habit

Dec 2003    Guantanamo - the US perversion of justice

Nov 2003    Diplomacy forgone?

Oct 2003    No Quick Fix

July 2003    Pay at the polls -- WMD consequences

Mid-June 2003   Stretching the Truth about Jessica Lynch

June 2003   What ever happened to the WMD?

October 2002   Carte Blanche Imperialism?

July 2002    Arab Stagnation              

April 2002       Déja vu -- Venezuela and Chile

February 2002    'What Went Wrong?'  Islam & the West

Year End 2001     Twilight of American Culture

Management Science

Sept 2008     The AIG story -- sketchy business acumen!

June 2008     If the Old Refuse to Die, Let Them Work Longer

March 2008     Time for financial reflection

Oct 2007   New Currency Reality for the US

June 2007   Dinosaurs at the Helm

April 2007   Ethics 101 - Wolfowitz at the World Bank

May 2006   Quotas fail to deliver in education

December 2005   A tribute to Peter Drucker

November 2005   Exec Pay -- too many turkeys

October 2005   Crisis management at the Fed

August 2005   The tyranny of the "or"

July 2005   Sarbanes-Oxley has let fresh air into boardrooms

July 2005   Exploding common myths about globalization

March 2005   The real scandal at Boeing is not sex -- it is lack of gender equity

January 2005   Customer in first place?

December 2004   An end for the US housing boom?

November 2004   Are you ready for the decline in the US dollar?

November 2004   Staples Re-Branding

October 2004   Executive versus manager

August 2004   Reforms haven't slowed executive pay

May 2004   Knowing when to walk away

March 2004   Remembering Sumantra Ghoshal

Feb 2004   Why are those jobs missing?

Jan 2004   Can paying suppliers early improve profitability?

Dec 2003   Capturing Strategic Knowledge - How about "fast writing"?

November 2003   The obvious in Governance - what took so long?

July 2003   Scenario planning

June 2003   Pigs, Pay and Power

August 2002    Executive Plans at Risk?

January 2002    Understanding the Balanced Scorecard

June 2002    WorldCom  Fiasco

March 2002       The Company of the Future  

Healthcare

                   July 2005    Private concerns impacting Canadian healthcare

                   April 2005    Fixing the UK's NHS

                   January 2004    The US impact on Canadian healthcare

                   January 2004    Growing Old Gracefully

                   September 2002    Canada's Healthcare