Author DM Celley

World Events

THE DANGER FROM RISING SEA LEVELS

Global warming is a fact of life today, and it brings with it another nemesis—rising sea levels.  This condition is exasperated by the huge amounts of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels for energy.  Efforts are being made in many countries throughout the world to reduce the consumption of […]

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THE PAMPHLET THAT LED TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

On January 10, 1776, a 47-page pamphlet authored ‘by an Englishman’ was published in Philadelphia.  In three months, the pamphlet sold 100,000 copies to the two million residents of the thirteen colonies in North America.  During the duration of the American Revolution, the sales number grew to about 500,000 copies including those that were not

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THE STORY OF THE PANAMA CANAL

For centuries European seafarers have been looking for a short, safe way to sail merchant ships to Asian ports in order to capitalize on the lucrative trade possibilities.  The North and South American continents soon had their own trading possibilities, but to get to the big prize, these continents had to be circumnavigated.  To sail

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CLIMATE CHANGE DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 1824

The year 2023 has officially become the hottest year on record, and it is worth taking a look at how the greenhouse effect and the growth of population and fossil fuel consumption in particular has contributed to where we are today with global warming.  Origins: The study of climate change dates as far back as

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THE 1973 COUP IN CHILE–FIFTY YEARS AFTER

In September of 1973, the Chilean Army marched on the Presidential Palace in Santiago and ousted the popularly elected socialist president, Salvador Allende.  What followed was brutal repression, murder and torture, as General Augusto Pinochet seized control and ruled with an iron fist for the next seventeen years.  At the time democracy was lost in

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IS RUSSIA’S WARTIME EFFORT SUSTAINABLE?

In March, 2022, a few weeks after Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine, Western countries began sanctioning the Russian economy.  The sanctions were designed to hurt the Russian war machine and provide “severe and lasting economic costs” to the Russian population.  A year after the initial impact of the sanctions, the Russian economy has not been crippled,

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