Elisabeth Rosenthal's good piece in the Times on why climate change has fallen off the radar screen has received a couple of interesting follow-up posts, including from Plumer. He points to the Senate and the recession as the core reasons for our indifference, but I'm...
Author: Erik Loomis
In this amusing article naming Tom Friedman "The Bard of the 1%," the real kicker is the last paragraph: It is also worth noting that Friedman implies that the Chicago.
Gallup has conducted its first poll on marijuana legalization showing more people favoring it than opposing. Given the seeming inevitability of decriminalization if not outright legalization, I find it somewhat.
I love editors. I say this as someone who doesn't have the greatest confidence in his own writing. I don't always agree with their ideas, but I usually do. I am reminded of how much I love editors when I see the Director's Cut of...
I'm not sure if this is a very good idea. I know I look forward to them spreading across Honduras and Nicaragua. Maybe they can sell shirts emblazoned with images.
Jessica Valenti savages a heartless misogynist man by the name of Mitt Romney.
A very interesting interview with Josh Viertel, head of Slow Food USA. The piece particularly interrogates the annoying Mark Bittman piece from a couple of weeks ago when he blamed the poor for their own obesity, accusing them of being too lazy to cook for...
As if the mass slaughter of pelicans last week wasn't bad enough, there have been a disturbing number of whooping crane shooting this year. Again, destructive human behavior is why.
Limbaugh loves him some Lord's Resistance Army. Even more disgusting than usual.
Via the always great Sociological Images is this set of excellent posters training kids to not masturbate through a solid regimen of exercise, self-control, and a non-spicy low-meat diet that included a maximum of mastication.
This ain't good: Three arms of government, all ostensibly representing the same people, have been at an impasse over who should be responsible for — and pay for — prosecuting.
Prisoners, of course! A select group of inmates may be exchanging their prison jumpsuits for firefighting gear in Camden County. The inmates-to-firefighters program is one of several money-saving options the.