RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH 09/13/07 By Michael Shank and US Representative Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) Russia, Canada, and the United States are rushing to the North Pole in a pioneer-like land grab for an estimated 25 percent of the world’s unknown oil and gas reserves. One wonders when we will learn. Oil and […]
Richmond Times-Dispatch 08/14/2007 By Michael Shank and Sandra Cheldelin Virginia Tech’s tragedy remains a stark reminder for those working in emergency medical services — particularly in mental health — that existing detection and response systems are dysfunctional. As exemplified all too painfully in the case of Tech’s Seung-Hui Cho, the […]
Richmond Times-Dispatch 06/28/2007 By Michael Shank Regardless of whether or not one believes in climate change, no American wants the United States to be the world’s top greenhouse-gas emitter. Thus, Americans were thankful that China was queuing up to surpass the U.S. as the globe’s No. 1 producer of carbon […]