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AlterNet: How You Will Change the World with Social Networking
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, July 29, 2010AlterNet: How You Will Change the World with Social Networking
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, July 25, 2010A concrete plan for Haiti
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, July 23, 2010DE BORCHGRAVE: In hard times, less is more
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, July 22, 2010NYT Op-Eds (2)
"Washington loves to govern by letting experts dole out advice. We may soon find out if that is the best thing for new health and financial reforms" (Brooks); "If the U.S. is to develop new nuclear power plants, increased attention must be paid to safety and oversight" (Herbert)Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Washington Post (1)
Thanks to Harry Sifton for this must-read article on the growing "top-secret" world of the U.S. government.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, July 19, 2010
James Howard Kunstler: What if He’s Right?
Kunstler brings to our attention the warnings of Matt Simmons, "a button-downed corporate executive who's been around the oil business for forty years", who thinks ...a gigantic "lake" of crude oil is pooling under great pressure 4000 to 5000 feet down in the "basement" of the Gulf's waters .. he is concerned that a tropical storm will bring this oil up and with it clouds of methane gas that will move toward the Gulf shore and kill a lot of people .. he says that several states along the Gulf ought to begin systematic evacuations in counties along the shore nowKunstler writes that "Simmons has put his reputation on the line. A lot of bystanders and commentators are treating him as a fool. Simmons himself is painfully aware of his lonely stance and seems, in his public appearances, to be a very regretful messenger" .. but what of he's right? - mab .. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Monday, July 19, 2010
NYT (5): Foreign Affairs
Two young aides bring the State Dept. into the digital age; Global gay pride comes to Warsaw; Guatamalan rain forest threatened; a new book on the politics of global warming; and two new books re Iran.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 18, 2010
NYT Op-Eds (4)
"It’s a long, hot summer for Obama. But the start of a frosty and ferocious fight this winter for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination could be a cool diversion" (Blow); "The N.A.A.C.P. condemns the rabble-rousing right, while Obama says that Osama bin Laden is a bigot" (Harshaw); "The Deepwater Horizon leak has been capped and the president is taking a vacation. Let’s repeal the oil spill and start all over" (Collins); "With technology taking over our lives, it might just help to turn off the cellphone and smell the roses" (Herbert)Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, July 17, 2010
Genetic testing mix-up reignites debate over degree of federal regulation needed
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, July 17, 2010BP halts flow of oil for 1st time since April
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, July 16, 2010NYT (5): National News
BP's horrific record; U.S. tries again for drilling ban; NRA expands political agenda; Avandia is typical Big Pharma "hide the bad report" story; and Consumer Reports trashes the iPhone.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Air-Conditioning Is Terrible for the Earth — Here’s How to Live Without It
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, July 13, 2010Shining a light on the way artificial light has changed our lives
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, July 11, 2010Takeoff: With the shuttle program ending next year, what will be the new face of NASA?
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, July 8, 2010The Atlantic (5)
Are men obsolete? [See my comment]; Can quasi-colonialism end poverty?; Can the digital "Dodge City" be tamed?; "The 14 3/4 Biggest Ideas of the Year"; and Google moves into mind-reading.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 4, 2010
NYT (5): National News
Is America's social fabric fraying?; The founder of "peace studies" dies; Oil industry continues to reap billions from subsidies; Two books on Eliot Spitzer; and a book on Facebook.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 4, 2010
NYT (7): National News
As expected, June job numbers are dismal; Raging debate in White House b/w spending and austerity; The Tea Party and Elena Kagan; Illinois is latest state to go bust; Kristol calls for Steele's resignation over foot-in-mouth disease; Apple admits major flaw in just-released iPhone4; and the "God" app.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, July 3, 2010
A simpler path to cutting carbon emissions
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, July 2, 2010NYT Op-Eds (7)
"This would be the time of year for a school reunion up at Hessian Hills, if the old school had been that kind of place" (Guest Art-Ed); "For President Obama, there are lessons to be learned in the McChrystal debacle" (RICH); "The time is right for Israel to take the diplomatic initiative" (FRIEDMAN); "Do we really want our cellphones and laptops to fuel a particularly brutal war in Congo?" (KRISTOF); "Gavin Newsom, San Francisco’s iPhone-loving mayor, takes on potential cellphone dangers" (DOWD); "How the Endangered Species Act saved forests in the Pacific Northwest" (Guest Op-Ed); "A 'female Viagra' won’t cure what ails America’s bedrooms" (Paglia)Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, June 27, 2010
One nation, online: The push to make broadband access a civil right
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, June 25, 2010NYT (9): National News
Legislative efforts to balance Citizens United decision leading to loopholes; Is Barton right?; SC Dems reject new vote; SCOTUS weighs in on privacy re work-issued devices; Federal panel okays after-sex pill for contraception; FCC expands role in broadband; Is judge in 9/11 cases being vengeful?; Not surprisingly, tobacco companies still try to get around regs; and in NYC, plenty of anti-Muslim sentiment as church reneges on sale to mosque.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, June 18, 2010
NYT (4): Foreign Affairs
It's Obama and Petraeus vs. McMullen and Gates on Afghan timetable; How technology is helping China's burgeoning labor movement; U.N. takes on "child soldier" issue; and did Kyrgyz military turn on its own people?Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, June 17, 2010
The Atlantic (3)
Why the Tea Party is not patriotic; How and why Google is (counter-intuitively) trying to save traditional news media; and just how dangerous is the Conficker virus?Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, June 17, 2010
NYT (9): National News
Obama calls for new energy policy; The Tea Party as spoilers in Dem primary; Oil execs dump on BP; FCC spectrum sale debated; L.I. Indian tribe will get its casino (See my comment); Just what we need - video ads in the aisles; S.F. passes first cellphone radiation law; Obama party-crashers get reality TV spot; and a new film on the Stonewall uprising.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, June 16, 2010
