Month March 2009

Why Sri Lanka burns, Part I

(AP photo.) Recently, I posted here about the current slaughter in Sri Lanka– tens of thousands of civilians killed because neither side will let them leave the battlefield.  In response, one reader called my “evenhandedness” “insipid.”  He ascribes to the party…

World’s biggest wind farm

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Denmark is building the world’s largest wind farm. There will be 91 turbines, each 375 feet high with 147 foot blades, and capable of powering 200,000 homes. I…