Good God. Bush was a force for reason 25 Jul 2009 against Cheney’s wholesale rejection of the rule of law. Read about it here. Politics
Politics The antiabortionists guided Roeder 5 Jun 2009 WordPress is blocking the embed, so go see Survival of the Feminist. Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Hope for bonobos 21 Nov 2007 The African apes don’t get much good news these days. But the Congo has just announced they are setting up a preserve to protect the bonobo. The size of the Sankuru Nature Reserve is 11,803 square miles (in real money, 30 569.629 square kilometers), which makes it nearly half the… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Wilkins breaks away from the pack 25 Mar 200818 Sep 2017 Okay, so it’s the Wilkins Ice Shelf, but it’s even more important than news about me. The 6000 square mile (15,540 km2) ice shelf named for Sir Hubert Wilkins, the famous Australian Antarctic explorer (and very possibly some kind of relation), is breaking off due to global warming. This is… Read More
yeah, it’s totally amazing that George W. Bush was the voice of reason in that situation. Though later on, after Hurricane Katrina, they used the posse comitatus act as an excuse not to use the military to help rescue people and maintain order in New Orleans.