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The Spirits: Mother Russia’s ruin

  Russians are as proud as any people of their national drink — and even more proud of their capacity to drink it. Today, Russians neck nearly two billion litres of vodka annually, equivalent to 556 shots per person per year. “There cannot be too much vodka, there can only be not enough vodka,” as […]

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Kerry: Mother Nature

Secretary of State John Kerry said Mother Nature “is screaming at us” about climate change. According to The Hill and the blog Responding to Climate Change, Kerry made the remarks on Monday, ahead of the United Nations’ climate summit in… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/john-kerry-climate-change_n_5861960.html