Category Archives: In the World
Pavlovsk, Khimki and the Price of Nature
“If all human life depends on plants, doesn’t it make sense that perhaps we should try to save them?” Jonathan Drori Scientists surely understand. Recent years have seen several large-scale efforts to preserve the genetic diversity of the plants on … Continue reading
Palestine and the Kosovo Precedent
I mentioned several situations yesterday in my post on the ICJ decision regarding Kosovo that could be affected by the decision. The implications for Palestine are even more intriguing. John Whitbeck describes some of them at: http://www.counterpunch.org/whitbeck07232010.html
Kosovo and the International Court
The ruling by the International Court of Justice that Kosovo’s declaration of independence did not violate international law (see Dan Bilefsky’s article in the New York Times today) will be used by the Kosovo government to argue that it entitles … Continue reading
Shultz PBS Series: Ethics Questions?
OK, the producers interviewed me for this series and have included a few cameo snippets of that interview, so I guess some may feel I have a “conflict of interest” in evaluating it. However, I didn’t choose the excerpts, didn’t edit the film, … Continue reading
Nina Khrushcheva: The Spy Who Came in by Amtrak
Nina Khrushcheva knew one of the Russian spies. Here is her hilarious account on ForeignPolicy.com: The Spy Who Came in by Amtrak
The Spy Swap
Second, perhaps, only to sex, spies seem to stimulate the emotions, at least in the United States. And so it was when reports of the arrest of ten—and then eleven, and then twelve—Russian undercover agents in the United States moved … Continue reading