| May 9, 2011 | Environment / HealthThe nuclear power boys are weaseling again, this time in Vermont. Entergy Corporation, an electric utility giant based in New Orleans, owns the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, which is nearing the end of its 40-year license to operate. No problem, here’s a...
| | Environment / HealthAmerica recorded 1.2 million abortions in 2008. While this sounds like a lot, the availability of birth control and sex education has greatly reduced the U.S. abortion rate over the years. So has the invention of new post-sex “Plan B” drugs. Europe boasts...
| May 2, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyHey! How about some love for Rep. Michele Bachmann? A while back TIME magazine listed the 10 top Republican candidates for president without so much as mentioning Bachmann, the madcap Minnesota Republican. Besides the usual suspects, the magazine named duds like Rep....
| | Food / FarmingA Dutch entomologist has seen the future of food, and–surprise!–it’s not where or what you might think it would be. “The Netherlands,” the professor says, “wants to be in the forefront of food.” He’s talking about waaay...
| | Economy / BusinessMy whole life’s Been in a trough; Since my apartment Got sold off. As the Bible pointedly reminds us, rains fall alike upon the just and the unjust. Nowhere is this axiom more pointed than in securing a place to live. Sure, maybe some of those luckless...
