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Newest Blog Entries:
NYT: House Approves Sweeping Effort to Help Housing
"Hundreds of thousands facing foreclosure stand to benefit."Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, July 24, 2008
NYT: China Presses Hush Money on Grieving Parents
"Local governments in southwest China’s quake-ravaged Sichuan Province have begun a coordinated campaign to buy the silence of angry parents whose children died during the earthquake, according to interviews with more than a dozen parents from four collapsed schools. Officials threaten that the parents will get nothing if they refuse to sign, the parents say."Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, July 24, 2008
NYT (4): Energy/Environment
Wood chips, garbage and crop waste as motor fuel?; Ford thinks small to think big; Congress' gas price debates stall; and the Arctic is next to be raped for oil and natural gas.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, July 24, 2008
The Consortiumnews.com The Exaggeration of Terror
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, July 23, 2008NYT (3): International News
Britain to remove almost all troops from Iraq by 2009; as in Africa (re an article posted earlier this week), so in Asia re food and gas prices; and the Chinese propaganda machine (which may be even better than ours) goes into overdrive trying to quell fears of Olympic terrorism.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, July 23, 2008
NYT (3): Environment/Energy
Russia and Venezuela sign an energy pact - and an arms agreement; the "ethanol mandate" may be dead (thank God); and the next junk mail circular you receive may be on recycled paper.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, July 23, 2008
NYT Op-Eds (2)
"When the constraints of the law are unlocked by people at the pinnacle of power, terrible things happen in the real world" (Herbert, on the book reviewed today); "America once had a culture of thrift. But over the past decades, that unspoken code has been silently eroded" (Brooks)Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
NYT: A.C.L.U. Sues Alabama on Ballot Access
"Should committing a nonviolent crime bar someone from the ballot box? Group says State is too quick to strike some felons from rolls."Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
NYT: Women Are Now Equal as Victims of Poor Economy
I would have thought this was true from the beginning.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
NYT (2): Environment/Energy
An environmental whistleblower comes forward; and Ford wakes up and smells the coffee.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
NYT Book in Review: “The Dark Side”
"The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals." From everything I've heard, this is the must-read book of the season.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
NYT Op-Eds (3)
"In Berlin, Barack Obama will surely pledge our commitment to victory in the struggle for freedom" (Kristol); "Congressional turf fights have to be brought under control so that the Department of Homeland Security can more effectively confront security risks" (Guest Op-Ed); "Misrepresentations of chimpanzees may not be as repugnant as racism, bigotry or sexism. But they can still serve as a benchmark for our society’s moral progress" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, July 21, 2008
NYT: Influx of Voters Expected to Test New Technology
"Shift to optical scan...Concern about ballots, registration errors and poll workers." The more things change...Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, July 21, 2008
NYT: Mideast Facing Choice Between Crops and Water
"Global shortages push a region to rely less on food imports." Only when it is too late do we see the interconnectedness of all things.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, July 21, 2008
NYT Op-Eds (5)
"Were voters forced to actually focus on John McCain’s response to our economic crisis, the prospect of his ascension to the Oval Office could set off panic" (Rich); "We are addicted to dirty fossil fuels, and this addiction is driving a whole set of toxic trends that are harming our nation and world in many different ways" (Friedman); "If we boomers decide to use our retirement to change the world, rather than our golf game, our dodderdom will have consequences for society as profound as our youth did" (Kristof); "In the next six weeks, Barack Obama must convincingly perform the political equivalent of the Labors of Hercules" (Dowd); "A long-term security agreement between the United States and Iraq would be in the interests of both governments, and of the people who live in a region that urgently needs stability" (Fallon)Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 20, 2008
NYT Editorial: Detaining Mr. Marri
"The Bush administration has been a waging a fierce battle for the power to lock people up indefinitely simply on the president’s say-so. It scored a disturbing victory last week when a federal appeals court ruled that it could continue to detain Ali al-Marri, who has been held for more than five years as an enemy combatant. The decision gives the president sweeping power to deprive anyone — citizens as well as noncitizens — of their freedom. The Supreme Court should reverse this terrible ruling."Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 20, 2008
NYT: Immigrant, Pregnant, Is Jailed Under Pact
Sadly, given broken and confusing systems, we are likely to see more such absolutely outrageous incidents. I hope this woman sues for and wins millions!Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 20, 2008
NYT (2): Economy
Distributing the debt shovels [N.B. See also accompanying multimedia sidebars]; and how Americans' debt is actually a good thing.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 20, 2008
NYT (2): Environment/Energy
Al Gore upstages Nancy Pelosi at a bloggers convention; and British home-building goes green.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 20, 2008
NYT: On Mustang Range, a Battle on Thinning the Herd
What an unnecessary travesty!Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 20, 2008
NYT Book in Review: “Heavy Metal Islam”
"The Islamic world has a surprisingly active heavy metal subculture."Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 20, 2008
The audacity of ego
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, July 20, 2008Economist.com Cognition nutrition Food for thought
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, July 19, 2008NYT: A Veil Closes France’s Door to Citizenship
Think this couldn't happen here sometime down the road? Think again.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, July 19, 2008
NYT (2): Economy
How the economy became such a mess; and CELEBRATING a $2.5 billion loss - because it wasn't bigger!!Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, July 19, 2008
