West Artic Ice Melt and Your Future
James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has been one of the principal, scientifically grounded, voices warning …
Monthly Archives: June 2007
American Losers
While Americans are caught up in American Idol it is “just so negative!” to think about the real costs of …
Torture Applause
Read this at your own risk. “From the moment a soldier enlists, we inculcate loyalty, duty, honor, integrity, and selfless …
Intelligent Design is Clever Duplicity
“In this paper, Dr. Forrest provides an insightful analysis of the intelligent design (ID) movement. She demonstrates convincingly that the …
Arctic Species Adaptability
Interesting short article on plant adaptability during shifting climactic conditions in the arctic. Many Arctic plant species have readily adjusted …
Science by Citizen
The Audubon Society released a report today that has gotten some press attention: the severe decline in many bird species …
Fear Up Harsh
Tony Lagouranis was a soldier. An American soldier. An American soldier who tortured Iraqis. He conducted mock executions, forced men …
Tech Tip: Library Search Engine
I ran into a fabulous internet tool the other day. It’s called WorldCat, short for World Catalog, and is a …
Walt Whitman and Democracy: Theatre
For those of you in the SF Bay Area a couple of live theater events are worth your attention. Last …
Books:Nukes
Langewiesche is quite a writer as I can testify, having been mesmerized by his The Outlaw Sea. He’ll be appearing …
Monstering
I heard Tara Mckelvey, the author of Monstering: Inside America’s Policy of Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War, …
The Master Narrative
Jon Carroll, long time columnist for the SF Chronicle, picks up a Jay Rosen article on “master narratives” and the …