Comments: 0 - Date: October 5th, 2009 - Categories: Uncategorized
The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with new justice Sonia Sotomayor. Supreme Court reporter David Savage and Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor for Slate, focus on four cases and the key decisions the court faces in a new term.
Comments: 0 - Date: October 5th, 2009 - Categories: Uncategorized
Reports of death squads and torture of gay men in Iraq have been on the rise. In an article for New York Magazine, Matthew McAllester describes the wave of attacks against gays in Iraq, and how a few New Yorkers have built an underground railroad to rescue them.
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In a piece for the Los Angeles Times, columnist Gregory Rodriguez floats one possible solution to "increasingly vitriolic and even seditious rhetoric." He suggests a threatening external enemy would help unite the U.S.
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On the right, a column predicted a possible military coup to "resolve the Obama problem." On the left, a congressman accused Republicans of wanting people to "die quickly." Tell us: Have you used or overheard this sort of extreme rhetoric in everyday life?
Comments: 0 - Date: October 2nd, 2009 - Categories: Uncategorized
Reporting in The Journal of Wildlife Management, researchers write about a strategy for protecting migratory bats from fatal encounters with wind farms. Study author Robert Barclay discusses the method, which halves bat fatalities without significantly reducing energy production — or profits.