Month March 2006

The encyclopedia strikes back

The Encyclopedia Britannica shreds the Nature article claiming Wikipedia is as accurate they are. Fatally Flawed Refuting the recent study on encyclopedic accuracy by the journal Nature. Some highlights Almost everything about the journal’s investigation, from the criteria for identifying…

Republican-to-English dictionary

Via email – In case you’ve been having trouble recently in deciphering speeches and news reports: * alternative energy sources New locations to drill for gas and oil. * bankruptcy A means of escaping debt available to corporations…

Canada’s Arctic in danger

A record loss of sea ice in the Arctic this summer has convinced scientists that the northern hemisphere may have crossed a critical threshold beyond which the climate may never recover. Scientists fear that the Arctic has now entered an…

Paris protests escalate

Riot police clash with thousands of protestors as youths set fire to cars and unions refuse to call off strike. Check the Libcom blog for breaking news.

Why I’m marching Saturday

I just spoke with with Maria, a recently naturalized citizen from Central America. One of her sisters who is not yet a citizen just crossed the border. They walked for three days and nights nonstop without food or water. Maria…