When Seeking US Political Asylum, Apply in Bhutan
With Olympic athletes trying to get in to the UK, and Julian Assange trying to slip out, one…
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Some Thoughts on Julia Child And a Picture of Her Favorite Taqueria
The market for tributes to Julia Child is a crowded one, but on the 100th anniversary of her…
From the Department of Overused
Normally press releases don’t catch my eye; in fact, they often don’t make it into my inbox. But…
Silver Medalist: The Second Most Expensive City
According to today’s San Francisco Chronicle (via CNN Money report slideshow) my hometown has dubious silver medal: The…
Digital Storage, a Dictator’s Delight
We know that ever-more sophisticated digital surveillance tools allow oppressive governments to keep an eye on what dissidents…
Obama, LBJ, and the War on Poverty
Paul Tough’s latest New York Times Magazinefeature performs an admirable service illustrating contradictions between the Obama administration’s anti-poverty efforts and…
Prospecting for Electric Cars’ Second Golden Age
A Fisker Surf differs ever so slightly from the Hupp-Yeats electric coach of yesteryear … In his debut…
Where the West Burns
Major forest fires are tramping their way across thousands of acres of Western land. The U.S. Forest Service reports that…
Bill Gates’ Solar-Powered Toilets
Bill Gates wants to potty train the world on solar-powered toilets. The developing world, specifically, where 2.6 billion…
Rules for Dining with Astronauts
From NASA’s Letters to Earth, a guide to “How to Be Civilized on the Space Frontier.” Below, advice…