Water Wars

Landschlacht, Switzerland, 6 December 2016 Why does the United States invade a country? Historically, wars are fought over scarce resources, with religion or politics as convenient excuses or triggers for the commencement of hostilities. So what does Canada possess in greater abundance than the United States? (Besides being the 2nd biggest country in the world… Continue reading Water Wars

RIP Earth (or how I started worrying and learned to love science)

Landschlacht, Switzerland, 23 – 26 September 2016 As the few, but faithful, followers of my blog know, I am a freelance teacher of English as a second language here in Switzerland. So this position often finds me, on a regular basis, in situations that can be quite challenging. My latest challenge is an old foe… Continue reading RIP Earth (or how I started worrying and learned to love science)