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The Humble Plastic Bag
Posted on August 23, 2010 | No CommentsThe plastic bag is one of nature's under-appreciated creatures. Here's a short clip about what you can do to help this petroleum-based life-form.
Charlton Heston was Right
Posted on August 20, 2010 | 5 CommentsThe best Daily Show segment in, like, ever aired last night. Here's what you might have missed.
Disrupting Geopolitics
Posted on August 19, 2010 | No CommentsWith Google Earth, you can unearth secret information about nations across the world. Talk about a disruptive technology...
Fear, Anger, and Hate
Posted on August 18, 2010 | 2 CommentsAmericans are stressed out, living in fear, and quick to hate. Whether it actually is or not, it sure *feels* like an unraveling.
Political/Cultural Borders and Borderlands
Posted on August 10, 2010 | No CommentsA remedial education about the concepts of political borders, cultural borders, and borderlands.
On Planet-Colonizing Space Cowboys
Posted on August 4, 2010 | 2 CommentsCharlie Stoss sets us straight: Space colonization has nothing to do with the 'wild west' mentality.
The Sleeping Nuclear Threat
Posted on August 3, 2010 | 1 CommentThe cold war is over. But that doesn't mean the threat of a nuclear strike has been reduced to zero.
Unprepared for Change
Posted on July 29, 2010 | No CommentsOur tendency is to freeze our perceptions in place. As a result, change happens and we're totally unprepared for it.
We Believe Anything
Posted on July 21, 2010 | 4 CommentsThis week, an Onion video-spoof from 2007 "broke" as news among Tea Partiers. The result is both hilarious and profoundly sad.
Spies Like Them, Actually
Posted on July 15, 2010 | No CommentsOn Monday I joked about the Russian spy ring, but there is reason not to be flippant.