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Seven post-financial-crisis opportunities for healthier economies
Are there silver linings to the dark cloud of the financial crisis? It is a truism in our politics that only a crisis produces real change. So, looking on the […]
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Mustache Q&A
There’s an interesting Q&A with Tom Friedman up on Huffington Post. Check it out. DB: I was just reading the chapter in your book titled "205 Ways To Save The […]
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Navy can use sonar despite risk of whale harm, says Supreme Court
Photo: bbum In a big setback for whales and environmentalists, the U.S. Supreme Court has yanked restrictions on sonar use in Navy training exercises near the California coast. The court, […]
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Obama on Grist
Just for kicks, I went and searched for the very first mention of Obama’s name on Grist. It came on 27 July 2004, the day of Obama’s fateful speech to […]
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New New Deal
The Campaign for America’s Future on the possibility of a new New Deal:
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A very long review of Friedman’s latest book
Friedman’s Hot, Flat, and Crowded condenses much of what has been written in blogs, science journals, and books about the “Energy-Climate-Era,” as he calls it. Though he’s a little late […]
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Friday music blogging: The Knux
I used to be quite enthusiastic about hip-hop, but in the last five or so years it just seems to have gotten pretty crappy — more and more simplistic ring-toney […]