Month: July 2005

crossposted at The Next Hurrah Avian flu (aka bird flu and H5N1) is in the news again. There are sobering reports that bird flu has now spread to poultry in Russia and more parts of Indonesia, where 3 members of a family are...

Well, not exactly — but there’s an audio reinactment available! From After Downing Street: LISTEN TO TAPE OF THE JULY 23, 2002, DOWNING STREET MEETING… …on an amazing 9-minute recreation thereof that uses...

Booman Tribune is such a cool spot, and very informed. I have found the best technical discussion (nuclear power, environment issues, etc. ) here excluding explicit tech blogs. BT will be noticed when we make ourselves noticed....

Scrutiny of the Governor’s business affairs should be regular and normal policy, but I think too many were caught up in the shine of his movie star image to even question his financial dealings and income. We should...

Update [2005-7-21 15:8:58 by susanhu]: Tune in via the ‘net to KUOW (Seattle NPR) to hear Slate’s Day to Day, noon-1PM PDT. The #1 story is about what it means to be “undercover.” Update [2005-7-21...