Michael Cosgrove

Michael Cosgrove is a Lyon, France-based freelance journalist, business translator, and interpreter and teaches English to French businesspeople. He also keeps an opinion blog, Thegoodbadtruth, on political and other issues.

Website : Email : mcosgrove@fleshandstone.net

Will Bill Gates solve the world’s energy crisis?

As we all know, a quick look at the history of the world demonstrates that someone always has the happy knack of turning up with ...

Countdown to extinction for polar bears?

Polar bears and their environment have been a major source of concern to nature-protection organizations and climatologists for many years, and this situation led the ...

The Great Climate Debate commits suicide

I suppose that many of you are just as mystified as I am as to how the (albeit minimal) hopes of finally seeing some concrete ...

Global wind power sees large increases in investment

China and the United States are currently heading a worldwide upsurge in the installation of wind power capacity to the surprise of some analysts. The ...

French face transplant specialist awaits go-ahead to help wounded GIs

Contacted last year by American authorities for his knowledge and experience in facial transplants, professor Laurent Lantieri, MD, transmitted their appeals to French authorities. Since ...

France bans sibutramine for obesity in advance of expected Europe-wide ban

The sibutramine ban may be received as very bad news for obese French and European citizens who, due to stringent health safeguards, already have a ...

Study: Eating slower reduced obesity in children

The study’s objective was to determine whether or not the instrument modified eating behavior in overweight children. The study is published this month in the ...

Online and telephone psychological consultations 24/7 begin in France

While it's common in the United States and Canada, telephone counseling of patients by psychologists has only recently become an option in France due to ...

H1N1 France: From vaccine refusal to riot police in just 7 days

The extreme cynicism with which the French considered H1N1 vaccination just one week ago has been replaced by panic and exasperation at not being able ...