May
31
Progressive Guide to the Social Security Debate
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Cick to Play Click to Read
May
30
Memorial Day
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May
30
Army Officers Plot Their Own Exit Strategy
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[From Critical Montages] Here’s the latest evidence that an all-volunteer military is incapable of fighting a long deadly counter-insurgency war: “Last year, Army lieutenants and captains left the service at an annual rate of 8.7% — the highest since 2001″ (emphasis added, Mark Mazzetti, “Officers Plot Exit Strategy,” Los Angeles Times 22 May 2005). Continue [...]
May
30
Grass-burning power station on the way
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[From The Guardian] Grass-burning power station on the way Alok Jha, science correspondent Britain’s first major electricity plant to be fuelled by grass will begin construction later this year. The £6.5m power station in Staffordshire will be burn locally cultivated elephant grass and will be able to supply 2,000 homes with electricity. Amanda Gray, director [...]
May
29
[From The Bozeman Daily Chronicle ] By GAIL SCHONTZLER, Chronicle Staff Writer An irate father is demanding that Bozeman High School present students with a rebuttal to what he called “extremely biased religious dogma” delivered by an assembly speaker who warned teens against the dangers of drugs, drinking and premarital sex. Wells demanded the school [...]





