How Climate Change is Shaking Up the Business Lobby
newyorker.com — Recent corporate abandonment of the national Chamber of Commerce (e.g., Apple) over the lobbying group's position on global warming point up the growing fissures and threats to the power (even the concept) of collective business lobbying. (Submitted by openthink) More...
New Yorker's Phenomenal Profile on James Cameron
newyorker.com — The New Yorker just published their epic (12 pages long - fitting for Cameron) profile on the filmmaker, detailing his early life and early career, from Terminator to The Abyss, his five wives to what he's been doing the last 10 years (scuba diving, developing 3D cameras, etc), and of course, all about Avatar and its development. (Submitted by inactive) More...
Face Painting view!
mtblog.newyorker.com — Five Bucks (Submitted by noupsell) More...
A Life of Its Own: Where Will Synthetic Biology Lead Us?
newyorker.com — When your hard drive dies, you go to the nearest computer store, buy a new one, and swap it out. That's because it's a standard part in a machine. When you go to Home Depot, you don't think about the thread size on the bolts you buy, because they're all made to the same standard. Why shouldn't we use biological parts in the same way? (Submitted by jaybol) More...
Trial By Fire: Did Texas Execute An Innocent Man?
newyorker.com — A REPORTER AT LARGE about the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed for setting a fire that killed his three children in Corsicana, Texas, in 1991. Writer describes the Willingham home being consumed by fire on December 23, 1991. Neighbors arrived to find Cameron Todd Willingham on the front porch wearing only a pair of jeans... (Submitted by lam0905) More...
Cameron Todd Willingham, Texas, and the death penalty :
newyorker.com — A REPORTER AT LARGE about the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed for setting a fire that killed his three children in Corsicana, Texas, in 1991. Writer describes the Willingham home being consumed by fire on December 23, 1991. Neighbors arrived to find Cameron Todd Willingham on the… (Submitted by niris) More...
David Sedaris on the Kookaburra
newyorker.com — A day in the bush, a night at home. (Submitted by CB810) More...
XXXL: Why Are Americans So Fat?
newyorker.com — Why are we so fat? (Submitted by msaleem) More...
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