Archive For May, 2005
Army Officers Plot Their Own Exit Strategy
[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 [...]
Grass-burning power station on the way
[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 [...]
Abstinence speaker pushed religion in school, dad charges
[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 [...]
A Day at the Brain Spa
[From: Reason] Coming soon to a mall near you Ronald Bailey At a Dana Foundation conference on neuroethics last week at the Library of Congress, University of Pennsylvania neurologist Anjan Chatterjee declared that we are already well advanced in the enhancement era of neuropharmacology. As evidence, Chatterjee offered a scenario in which a high level [...]
It’s All Newsweek’s Fault
By FRANK RICH IN the immediate aftermath of 9/11, Fareed Zakaria wrote a 6,791-word cover story for Newsweek titled “Why Do They Hate Us?” Think how much effort he could have saved if he’d waited a few years. As we learned last week, the question of why they hate us can now be answered in [...]
French fries protester regrets war jibe
[From The Guardian] Jamie Wilson in Washington It was a culinary rebuke that echoed around the world, heightening the sense of tension between Washington and Paris in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. But now the US politician who led the campaign to change the name of french fries to “freedom fries” has turned [...]
Judge tells Administration public has right to…
[From Buffalo Report] Judge tells Administration public has right to see Abu Ghraib torture photos Continue reading Judge tells Administration public has right to… The Washington Post
Map Reveals Wind Power Potential
[From Wired News: Technology] A new map of the world’s wind power paints a clear picture of just how much electricity could be pulled out of the atmosphere — if only we wanted to. By Amit Asaravala. Continue reading Map Reveals Wind Power Potential at Wired News: Technology
Progressive Guide to the Social Security Debate
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