Cross-border beach volleyball... neat.
Straight out of a James Bond story: Mount Weather could be Bush’s secret bunker.
The city of Oakland, California aims to be oil independent by 2020. I have difficulty imagining a Belgian city making a bold move like that.
An interesting study of Anti-Americanism around the world.
Belgium is as corrupt as the USA and Chile and ranks lower than most of its European neighbours.
Short-term vision for the planet is still abundant: European utilities are shipping US coal across the Atlantic.
Madoff and the Global Economy
Interesting story about the partially successful attempt to deport political dissidents from the USA one hundred years ago. Nothing really changes.
Greyhound buses, emblematic of a bygone era in American travel, have left an indelible mark on the collective imagination, gracing the frames of classic films and the pages of literary works. In this article, Joanna Pocock follows in the footsteps of Simone de Beauvoir as she crosses the country by bus, only to encounter a transport network that's now a mere spectre of its former glory.
Reading this, I was surprised to learn that Greyhound now belongs to cheap German bus company Flixbus. That's quite a fall.
This is quite a story. I'm not surprised Hollywood wants to turn it into a film. Fugees founder Pras Michel faces up to 20 years in prison after being convicted of conducting an illegal foreign influence campaign with Malaysian financier Jho Low.
A former Boston Globe reporter on his now homeless life. A tense and depressing read.
I didn't know the U.S. Capitol had its own mini underground rail network to shuttle people between buildings. I'm always fascinated by these independent networks.
