Why you need it, how to make more of it. Good lifestyle piece from the BBC.
July 31, 2008
July 17, 2008
George W. Bush Sewage Plant
At last, an appropriate facility may bear the name of a president. San Francisco has a ballot initiative to rename the Oceanside Treatment Plant after George Bush. Why did they wait so long? This should have been put up for a vote years ago.
July 16, 2008
Knotty Noose
The Village Voice continued it’s story on ousted Teachers College professor Madonna Constantine. It doesn’t shed much new light on the story, but demonstrates that Columbia was not quick to judge; rather it took its time investigating the issue and its conclustions were not reached hastily.
July 10, 2008
Morningside Heights Top Eats
TimeOut NY has a list of Morningside Heights’ top eats. Their definition of Morningside Heights is a little off (typically it’s ABOVE 110th St.) and they missed Tacqueria Y Fonda Mexiacana, but it’s mostly on target.
July 7, 2008
Not exactly affirmative action’s poster child
The Village Voice is running a series on Madonna Constantine, the now-infamous plagiarist of Teachers College. Of course, she didn’t get her job through affirmative action, but by bulking up her resume with other people’s work.
July 3, 2008
25 Ways to Drive Oil Prices to $150
Back in May, Barry Ritholtz compiled a list of reasons why we are to blame for the current oil price increases. Mostly it’s a matter of having an energy policy that very much encourages the price to rise. He’s dubbed this perversity the “George Costanza Energy Policy” in honor of “The Opposite,” the episode of Seinfeld where Costanza gets a job with George Steinbrenner.
Of course, it’s not really perversity that led to this energy policy, but Bush’s close ties to the Saudis.
Now it appears that oil may actually reach $150. Could happen next week.