Fat May Be Our Future

September 12, 2002
Scientists have decided that so much of the human world is becoming fat that this represents a kind of evolution, which can be compared to the basic change in our species that took place 200 years ago which Europeans all... continued

Are There Canals on Mars?

September 12, 2002
Since the Mariner 9 spacecraft went into orbit around Mars in 1972, satellites have taken photos of strange anomalies like the "Face" there, and most scientists agree, after looking at recent satellite images, that there are signs of primitive life... continued

Second Moon May Be Circling Earth

September 12, 2002
Earth's second moon has been discovered by a Canadian amateur astronomer. So far, it's known only as J002E3, and circles the Earth every 49.5 days along an elliptical path which is sometimes as far away as 520,000 miles from Earth.... continued

Evidence Bin-Laden is Dead

September 12, 2002
A slip of the tongue by a member of al-Qaeda may have betrayed the fact that Osama bin-Laden is dead. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has confessed to being one of the masterminds behind the September 11 attacks, made the mistake... continued

How Can This be Legal?

September 12, 2002
Syndicated columnist and author Arianna Huffington asks this question about the latest accounting scandals at major U.S. companies, which have caused investors to lose their life savings. The biggest problem is that most of the actions of the accountants and... continued

The Terrorism Problem?How We Can Solve It

September 11, 2002
Whitley Strieber posted this Journal on September 27, 2001: Before September 11, we were one country. Now we are another. In the old America, we were self-assuredly embarking on what was actually a very strange and forked road. On the... continued

Waging War in the Name of God

September 11, 2002
Anne Strieber posted this Diary entry on September 17, 2001: Last week I attended a typical charity dinner, celebrating the raising of $15 million to make needed additions and renovations to San Fernando Cathedral here in San Antonio. It was... continued

What Next?

September 11, 2002
Whitley Strieber posted this Journal on September 12, 2001: September 11, 2001 was the worst day of all of our lives. In that awful sense, it brought us together in a new way. The images that haunt me--the doomed woman... continued

This Time It’s Us

September 11, 2002
Anne Strieber posted this Diary on September 12, 2001: When the World Trade Center in New York City was reduced to rubble by terrorists on Tuesday, September 11, it hit me especially hard, because I lived in New York for... continued

We’re on the March, But Can We Win?

September 10, 2002
Despite official U.S. government announcements that we have not yet decided if we will invade Iraq, the military has ordered the movement of tens of thousands of men and tons of supplies to the Gulf region on a scale not... continued