White House Tries To Hide Age of Grand Canyon

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite promising a prompt review of its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah’s flood rather than by […]

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The Best Books of 2006

The Best Books of 2006 Thanks to :Nicole Belle @ CROOKS AND LIARS Salon: Editor’s Picks for 2006 (watch a short ad for a site pass) Amazon.com: Editors’ Top 50; Customers’ Top 50 Publisher’s Weekly: Best Books of the Year Washington Post: Book World Holiday–Editor’s Top Ten Time Magazine: 10 Best Books   NY Sun: […]

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GAO Calls Pharmaceutical Industry’s Bullshit

TIME : Whenever critics complain about the high cost of prescription drugs, the pharmaceutical industry’s standard defense is that companies have to plow so much money into researching innovative new medicines. But a recently released report from the Government Accountability Office casts doubt on that rationale. Yes the industry is spending heavily on R&D, the […]

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The paramountcy of neoconservatism and Joe Lieberman

Glenn Greenwald: The paramountcy of neoconservatism and Joe Lieberman American political conflicts are usually described in terms of “liberal versus conservative,” but that is really no longer the division which drives our most important political debates. The predominant political conflicts over the last five years have been driven by a different dichotomy — those who […]

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