by Joshua Miller | Oct 29, 2013 | Monitor
The Great Global Wine Shortage Is Here – and It Will Only Get Worse Roberto A. Ferdman / The Atlantic Last year saw the worst wine shortfall in a half-century. And there’s little indication that world production can keep pace with the oenophilic hordes. ...
by Nicholas Cunningham | Nov 8, 2012 | Monitor
Brigadier General Steve Anderson, USA (Ret.), an ASP Consensus Member, wrote an article for the Huffington Post on why Hurricane Sandy demonstrates the dangers of climate change, and why we need to move rapidly to cleaner sources of energy. In particular, Gen....
by William Chodkowski | Nov 2, 2012 | Monitor
Initial positive indications from officials regarding emergency management during Hurricane Sandy suggest that national resilience to unforeseen events has vastly improved, especially since 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, two formative events in the homeland security...
by Noah Shachtman | Nov 2, 2012 | Monitor
On Monday night, Hurricane Sandy hit the armory of the New York Army National Guard’s 69th Infantry Regiment, leaving the soldiers without power, hot water, or anything but the most rudimentary means of communicating with the outside world. So the next morning,...
by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 1, 2012 | Monitor
Joseph Leader, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Vice President and Chief Maintenance Officer, shines a flashlight on standing water inside the South Ferry 1 train station in New York, NY, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Photo: Craig...