A genius video about the problems (there are lots) with bottled water.
Category: Blog
‘Crude World’ in Danish
If my book could talk it would say “Hello Denmark.” In a few weeks, Gyldendal, the oldest publishing house in Denmark, is bringing out a Danish version of Crude World.
When a Philosopher Goes to War
My Harvard Talk Postponed
Due to the snowstorm on the East Coast, my talk with Ed Kashi at Harvard, scheduled for tonight, has been postponed. It will be rescheduled–details to come.
Harvard Talk on February 10
Looking for something to do in Boston on the evening of February 10? Please stop by Harvard Law School for a talk I’ll be doing with Ed Kashi, a photographer whose work in Nigeria has ...
‘Goodbye to Oil That’
A good review and excellent illustration in The National.
Following the Oil Money
Oxfam America has released an excellent public service advertisement about following the oil money.
The story of dysprosium and terbium
The headline over this New York Times story says it all: “Earth-Friendly Elements, Mined Destructively.” It’s what happens when the green technology revolution meets the extractive industry in China.
Tiger Woods, Meet Frank Rich
Frank Rich is on fire in his Sunday column in the New York Times.
After his “indefinite break” from golf, Woods will surely be back on the links once the next celebrity scandal drowns his out. But after a decade in which two true national catastrophes, a wasteful war and a near-ruinous financial ...
Maassapalooza, Cont.
A few more reviews have rolled in…
The Nation: “Riveting and illuminating…a moral reckoning with basic instincts.”
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