Posted in Opinion on Sep 29th, 2006
[Politics, President Bush, Terrorism, Torture]From the title I’m sure you can guess to what I am referring: yesterday the senate approved a bill on terrorism-suspect detainee treatment. For those of us who watched and applauded Governer Warner, John McCain, and Lindsay Graham stand up last week and defy the President on this issue, it […]
Posted in Research Synopses on Sep 25th, 2006
[Antarctica, Global Warming, GRACE, Greenland, Research Synopsis]Late last week I ran across an article that finally spurred me to write a Published Research Synopsis after a break of nearly 6 months. What got me so excited is not just the very important conclusion (Greenland is melting, and faster than measured before), but also the […]
Posted in Book Reviews on Sep 19th, 2006
[1491, Charles Mann, Futurism, History, Native Americans]The Coda at the end of 1491 is a brilliant cap on a work that presents ideas perhaps unpalatable to many. The dominance of Europe both technologically and culturally is greatly challenged by the revelations in 1491. The histories that we have all been told are to […]
Posted in Book Reviews, Opinion on Sep 17th, 2006
[1491, Charles Mann, Conservation, Environmentalism, New Environmentalism]The final chapter in Charles C. Mann’s 1491 entitled “The Artificial Wilderness” elaborates his vision of the New World as having been thoroughly shaped by its Indian peoples. In the previous chapter, “Amazonia”, Mann suggests that as much as 1/8th of the Amazonian dryland forests may be in […]
Posted in Opinion on Sep 15th, 2006
[Capitalism, Corporations, Ethanol, Ford, Futurism, Hybrid]While listening to NPR’s Science Friday, the radio host announced that the program is supported by Ford, and then said something akin to: “who has sold over 1 million hybrid ethanol vehicles.” My first reaction to this is probably best put as OMGWTF?!?
I laughed. What brilliant […]
