Vélib, the bicycle-sharing system in Paris, is one year old on July 15. There are some 20,000 bicycles and 1500 stations throughout the city. The sys…
Read moreIn a post yesterday I talked about some details coming out of New Yorker writer Jane Mayer's new book about the Bush administration's "…
Read moreI've been monitoring this story since last week when the U.S. denied causing civilian deaths in ai…
Read moreThe New York Times today has a preview of New Yorker writer Jane Mayer's new book, "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror…
Read moreThat's the question raised by a new study I report on in a brief news item in today's issue of Science. Rice farming takes place in a wetlan…
Read moreSerial rabbit killers, discrimination against gays, Obama's sellout of civil liberties--this blog is getting downright depressing. Time for somet…
Read moreOkay, this may seem funny, but to our family it's serious. Someone is killing pet bunnies in Germany, according to the BBC . Indeed, I was incens…
Read moreYesterday, July 8, 52 retired generals and admirals released a statement calling for an end to the "don't ask, don't tell" rule fo…
Read moreObama's move to the political "middle" (better known as the political "center") has been causing serious consternation among …
Read moreI am taking the liberty of reproducing this story from Newsday in full. It needs no comment from me. Please read it. Photo: Warren Zinn, AP via Army…
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