Everything you know about the Berlin Wall is a Lie
Myths about the Berlin wall rarely if ever mention the reasons the wall was built.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month November 2009
French oil giant gives $4 million to MIT for solar battery research
Storing solar power directly and efficiently into batteries would be a “game-changer.” Total, of France, wants that to happen.
The rising tide lifts all ships, but the galley slaves aren’t feeling it
Barrons (might be firewalled) sort of gets it that workers are suffering. But remains unconcerned about their fate. They’re rowing harder than ever to make up for their colleagues who have been thrown overboard (getting rid of that extra weight…
Fort Hood. Editorial cartoonists on the tragedy
Rob Tornoe at Cagle is blogging editorial cartoons from across the country about the Ft Hood shootings. Here’s one. He has many more.
Climate success in Copenhagen
Worldchanging opines that some sort of agreement in principle my be penned at Copenhagen, but the real victory is elsewhere. But one huge achievement looks more certain, and is largely being overlooked: leaders are taking the science seriously. More and…