Month: June 2005

SCOTUS refuses to take Miller/Cooper case

Salon is reporting the SCOTUS has refused to hear the appeals of Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper: The Supreme Court is issuing several major decisions today, but the biggest may be in the case it didn’t take: In an order...

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The War on Science, and Scientists

I am a scientist. I have a PhD in Geology and a lot of experience in both academia and industry. I currently work for a major international cooperative science program, the IODP, which is focused on deep ocean drilling for...

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A Confluence: Lebanonization of Iraq

This morning, I read Pepe Escobar’s “Roving Eye” column in Asia Times: Rumsfeld in fact has clarified to American and world public opinion that the “throes” will go on until 2017. He said,...

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