by Gil Friend | Jan 21, 2003 | Uncategorized
Three decades after the oil shocks of the 1970’s, America is still dependent on the good offices of OPEC. [New York Times: Opinion] The “axis of oil.” Has a nice ring to it…
by Gil Friend | Jan 20, 2003 | Uncategorized
Surprising new discoveries show that cells contain an army of RNA snippets that do much more than once thought, refining prevailing theories of genetics. By Andrew Pollack. [New York Times: Science] Between RNA interference, mitochondrial DNA, and “jumping...
by Gil Friend | Jan 20, 2003 | Sustainability
. Dr. Daniel Pauly, a fisheries scientist, is so decidedly global in his life and outlook that he is nearly a man without a country…. The news is uniformly bad. So Dr. Pauly has become a man on a mission to spread the word that fish stocks are plummeting around...
by Gil Friend | Jan 16, 2003 | Politics
Offered without comment Off the Wagon. As a drunk is to alcohol, the Bush administration is to budget deficits. By by Paul Krugman. [New York Times: Opinion] Clemency Without Clarity. Perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue...
by Gil Friend | Jan 16, 2003 | Sustainability
Concerns Raised Over Altered Fish. A new study maintains that the government is poorly structured to assess possible environmental hazards posed by genetically modified fish…. The study… comes as the Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to...
