Only %1 of Americans polled recently knew the names of all 9 Supreme Court justices. That obviously means that %99 of U.S. citizens do not know these names. Given that we live in system of “one-man-one-vote”, that we have a democracy where information is a precious currency, and that there is a disconnect between needed…

The government of Afghanistan is not happy with the Red Cross. They have been giving the Taliban lessons in first aid. Those in local governments on the side of President Karzai and for whom the Taliban are like “animals” don’t like it either. But the Red Cross is standing by its principle of neutrality. They…

Synthetic life has just been created priming us for a bold new future, leading us to believe that science and technology will find answers to all our woes. It may be, however, that such a notion may lead us in the wrong direction. Take shipping, for instance, and the turbulent course it is on in…