Some provisions still gave cause for doubt and argument.

What remains debatable and contentious is the right of citizens to choose their leaders.

In the current pilot project, Tianjin in China s north and Shanghai in the south are competing against each other, prompting even more second guessing.

American behavior and self perceptions reveal the ease with which a civilized country can engage in large scale killing of civilians without public discussion. In late October, the British medical journal Lancet published a study of civilian deaths in Iraq since the US led invasion began.

Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the overwhelming evidence that change is happening and why that makes him deeply worried about the future.

Michael Ruse, (born 21 June 1940) is a philosopher of science who specializes in the philosophy of biology and is well known for his work on the relationship between science and religion, the creation evolution controversy and the demarcation problem within science.

After last week's is Mubarak Dead Scare Celebration that swept the Egyptian blogosphere things have gone back to normal with the usual mélange of social issues, some of them a result of the scare controversy itself.