Archive for February, 2009
Saturday, February 21st, 2009
These days, $50,000 and ebay can get you a lot of genetic engineering equipment
After a very intense week where I heard some rather scary warnings about the future round of ecoterrorism that may or may not happen (all off the record, but here’s a hint: disease eradication does not necessarily mean you should not get immunized), I’m in Michigan, minding my own business and hanging out with far-flung [...]
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
the antonym is to enlighten
Back in the mid-90s, I was a daily, hard news reporter covering the welfare reform debacle. And it became clear at a certain point that things were not going well — that conservative ideology was winning the day on at least the federal level, if not the state and local too. Granted, this turned out [...]
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Saturday, February 7th, 2009
love, in black and white
Subtitled, “two days before everything changed for the best.” Taken September 28, 2008.
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Saturday, February 7th, 2009
insert joke about chewing on something
This week’s LA Times interview with our new Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu reinforced the question I was wondering about late last week. We have four major cities in the US Southwest: Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Diego and Los Angeles. We also have some of the most productive agricultural land in the world (in what [...]
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
the biggest bummer you know
Time to update the bio again. Tumult in the public radio world has led me to a new, much more depressing job. I’m quickly becoming an expert on climate change. So, in order to find some therapy, I’m going to start posting links here to share in all the wonderful things I’m uncovering. Like this: [...]
