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DREAM Act Fails
I like Ana Marie Cox's take on the DREAM Act. The "DREAM Act" would allow undocumented high school graduates with... -
52-Year-Old Scientific Paper Retracted Due to Enthusiam Amongst Creationists
Delightful little story in the New York Times: In January 1955, Homer Jacobson, a chemistry professor at Brooklyn College, published... -
Friday? Drop By for Music News Day
OiNK founder Alan Ellis posted bail after his arrest on Tuesday and gave a defiant interview to the Daily Telegraph, saying "I haven't done anything wrong... there is no music sold on the site," adding, ominously, that the music download directory was "no different [than] something like Google." Really, so I'm a moron for not buying OiNK stock too? The B-52's are inspired... -
From Gmail to Global Warming Skeptics (With a Single Click)
Upon logging into my Gmail account this morning, what should I find in the "sponsored link" spot above my inbox but the following message: "Global warming is not a crisis! Gore won't debate." Intrigued, I clicked on the link and found myself at the website of the Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based think tank whose mission is "to discover and promote free-market solutions to social... -
Obama and Edwards Oppose Mukasey; Where’s Hillary Clinton?
For months, Barack Obama and John Edwards have been trying to find issues that separate them from Hillary Clinton. On... -
The 50-Year Strategy: Wooing the Young Voters of America
Beyond '08: Can progressives play for keeps? -
Two Black Seas: Oil Spills Updates
What do San Francisco Bay and the Black Sea have in common these days? Black waters fouled by crumbling ships, possibly bad seamanship, single-hulled tankers, and what always seems to be chronically inadequate first responders. The San Jose Mercury News reports that the spill in San Francisco Bay has wafted north to foul the oyster beds in Point Reyes National Seashore, shutting down... -
Al Gore: Venture Capitalist
No one really still thinks Al Gore is going to run for president (hair's too long, waistline too expansive).... -
There Are No Popularly Elected Presidents in American History. Just Candidates Mike Huckabee Chose Not to Beat
Hi folks. I want to interrupt your weekends for just a moment to bring you the greatest political advertisement of... -
Reviewing National Review
Several months ago one of National Review's blogs ran posts by contributor W. Thomas Smith, Jr. from Beirut. Smith described... -
San Francisco GOP Dukes It Out With Paulites
The San Francisco Republican Alliance (yes, there are Republicans here) fended off a throng of Ron Paul supporters that threatened... -
Nowhere to Hide: Googling in Space
The New York Times: Starting next week and over the next few months, several American airlines will begin testing Internet service on their planes. On Tuesday, JetBlue Airways will begin offering a free e-mail and instant messaging service on one aircraft, while American Airlines, Virgin America and Alaska Airlines plan to offer a broader Web experience in the coming months, probably at a cost... -
Green Energy the Next Frontier
Great piece by Declan Butler in Nature on the new venture capitalism in Silicon Valley. Green energy, folks. California gold. Butler reports how the venture-capital industry in the US spent $2.6 billion on clean-energy technologies in the first three-quarters of this year. Up from $1.8 billion in 2006, and $533 million in 2005. Google joined the game last week, committing millions more to... -
The Apostles of Ron Paul
Meet the rabid fan base—techies, hippies, tax haters, and war protesters—who believe that only Ron Paul can save America from itself. -
Google Earth: The Ultimate NIMBY Tool
The EPA has harnessed Google Earth to give us the most detailed picture of point-source pollution ever: a Google Earth map showing every major power plant, oil field, petroleum refinery, chemical factory, cement manufacturer and paper mill in America. In short, it's a NIMBY dream. From the comfort of your home you can pull up the biggest smokestacks in the hood and imagine precise... -
Thirty Days in Iran’s Worst Prison
Zarah Ghahramani, an Iranian student, was sent to Evin prison for exposing her head in public in 2001. Seven years later, she talks about what happened next. -
The Wrath of Hillary: Finally, She Really Fires Away at Obama
The morning after, it got nasty. At Saturday night's Democratic debate in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton served notice she was... -
Google Earth Lands in Hot Water in (Surprise) the Middle East
Reports Monday described how the Israeli town of Kiryat Yam is suing Google for slander after a Google Earth user... -
Bored I-5 Radio Listening Confirms: Rush Limbaugh a Complete Tool
Other parts of the country may have rough roads, other far-flung cultures may have haunted paths of doom through dark forests, but we in California have the I-5, a straight-arrow 300-mile death-bahn connecting NorCal and SoCal. It's a harrowing journey through the dust-and-smog-filled wasteland of our dreaded Central Valley, chased by monstrous semis and LA douchebags on their cell phones doing 95. When one's...