A Coup in The Hague
When the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons was formed in 1997, it was given the sweeping charge of enforcing the international Chemical Weapons Convention, the treaty banning such...
View ArticleTaking Stock of the Takeover
World leaders -- minus President George Bush -- have convened in South Africa for what is being described as the largest summit in UN history, charged with addressing the 'global apartheid' separating...
View ArticleShould You Ditch Your Chemical Mattress?
susan greenfield and her girlfriend Llina Kempner couldn't wait for their new memory-foam mattress top to arrive. For months, they'd heard friends rave about how the high-tech material molds itself to...
View ArticleConsumer Retorts: Fair Trade Coffee
CONSUMER RETORTSFair Trade CoffeeIs it really fair to the farmer? fair trade coffee costs more because its farmers are paid more, right? Yes, a little. Fair trade pays farmers either the world market...
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