Month April 2009

Making change. Coalitions and populism

Reader KN in the comments to my John Rich “They’re Shutting Detroit Down” post refers to a World Socialist Web Site article on Rich, saying it has an interesting take on the song. I’d say it takes a standard doctrinaire…

Pelosi and Harman

Speaker Pelosi suddenly recalls she knew about the Harman wiretap after all. Rep. Harman now decries wiretap authority she happily voted for. Do I have that right? If Pelosi was picked up on the wiretap, then they must have been…

GMO yeast speeds cellulosic ethanol production

Researchers have modified baker’s yeast using recombinant DNA so it breaks down agricultural wastes into ethanol faster and easier than previously, something that could be a major breakthrough. The chief researcher and company president said she’s been working on this…

Ironic

Earthlink is having a network-wide outage today, on Earth Day.