Month March 2009

A return to war in Ireland?

The recent attack on a British army base in Antrim by, it appears, so-called republican dissidents, will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with politics in the six counties of Ireland or who’s spent even a small amount of…

Wind power in the Great Lakes

The Michigan Wind Energy Conference focused on offshore wind power in the Great Lakes and says it could be a natural. [The Great Lakes] offer stronger and more consistent winds than other shoreline areas, relatively shallow water depths even miles…

The moral low ground

When your moral principles dictate that state coercion be used to force a 9-year old girl to seriously risk her life by giving birth to her rapist’s child, you really need to get new moral principles.

90 mph solar race car from MIT

It’s their entry in the World Solar Challenge, a seven-day, 2,000-mile race in Australia. The MIT team believes that the breakthroughs they’ve made this year in their solar race car could easily be adapted to hybrid and electric cars to…