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Wandering through the icebergs

I just posted my photo essay Welcome to Iceberg Alley  in the GEO section.  A collection of photos and a look at how the people of Newfoundland live, study,  work, and make the most of these floating ice giants that come from the melting glaciers of Greenland and the Canadian arctic every spring. Behind it all is the underlying knowledge that it’s all because of a changing climate. The Photo-Essay can be accessed with a $1 day pass for the entire site, or by subscription.  

Talk, not guns, between Egypt and Ethiopia – for now

There is an unintended consequence of the army’s coup in Egypt, writes international affairs analyst Jonathan Manthorpe in today’s column. It has averted the threatened war between Egypt and  Ethiopia, over control of the waters of the Nile River on which Egypt has depended since civilization began. The column, in Commentary, can be accessed with a $1 day pass for the entire site, or by subscription.

Seamus Heaney’s living past

In 1995 the Irish poet Seamus Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, “for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.” In his death today he becomes a part of our “living past.” And his passing is a reminder of the luminous souls whose work will reverberate long after today’s transient thugs and loud charlatans have passed through the news cycle. More in my  Free Range column. The column, in Commentary, can be accessed with a $1 day pass for the entire site, or by subscription.

Fracking: at what cost, for what benefits?

The technology of “fracking” has transformed North America’s fuel forecast and global energy politics in one brief generation. But the story of fracking  is really a story about risk – and how we, as individuals and communities, face and trade off unavoidable contingencies, writes contributor Chris Wood in “Risky Business: The Facts Behind Fracking.” “Rarely is the answer kindergarten-simple,” he adds. Wood’s elegant piece, reprinted from The Walrus magazine and updated here, appears today in F&O’s new Magazine section. It can be accessed with a $1 day pass for the entire site, or by subscription.

Manthorpe explains Syria’s Gordian knot

An American-led attack on military assets of the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad in retaliation for a nerve gas attack on civilians last week now appears inevitable, writes Jonathan Manthorpe in today’s column. Only the timing is in doubt.   The column, in Commentary, is available with a $1 day pass for the entire site, or by subscription.  

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