First, their minions called for Chris Christie to cancel a much-needed rail project, and he did. Now they’ve set their sights on Congress to do much the same.
Science, Tech, Environment
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Google Glass Is Dead, But It’s Also the Future
Flickr/Karlis Dambrans Google announced today that it is ceasing production of smartphone-on-your-face Google Glass, and although they are characterizing it as just an end to the beta version, everyone else seems to be calling it a failure. There were certainly some reactions the company didn’t anticipate, like the fact that most people thought they look […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Chris Christie Counts on Public Amnesia
With his newfound support for expanding New Jersey’s rail capacity, the governor hopes no one remembers that he killed an earlier federally subsidized project that would have done exactly that.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Today’s Cyborg News
A double-amputee controls his prosthetic arms using only his brain.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Low Oil Prices Are History’s Greatest Case of Market Failure
They price oil and gas based on current demand and supply, and not based on the costs to the planet in pollution, global climate change, sea level rise, and more.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
GOP’s Neo-Confederate Theocrat Wins Council Seat in One of Richest U.S. Counties
Voters were looking for something new when they elected Michael Peroutka to run as a Republican for a seat on Maryland’s Anne Arundel County Council. What they got was something very old—like ante bellum kind of old.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Must Environmentalists and Labor Activists Find Themselves at Odds With Each Other?
The need for jobs, and the ecological limits to growth
Posted inEconomic Policy
It’s Not a Skills Gap That’s Holding Wages Down: It’s the Weak Economy, Among Other Things
Workers’ ability to handle technological advances doesn’t explain what’s happened to American wages.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Social Contagion and Facebook’s Mea Culpa: An Interview With Deanna Zandt
The social media giant may have misfired with its secret manipulation, but a leading technologist says that such mapping—done right—can be a tool for good.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Why Your New iPhone Has Law Enforcement In a Tizzy
Apple’s move won’t lead to terrorist attacks or unsolved kidnappings; it will simply make FBI investigators’ jobs a bit harder.
