[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Decoding Mr. Bush's Denials

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This whole piece is one long litany of impeachable offenses. Let's try harder to get rid of those lying thugs who stole the White House already! OPINION | November 15, 2005 Editorial: Decoding Mr. Bush's Denials It's obvious that the Bush adminis

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Waking to a New Flu Threat

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OY! More scary weird stuff to worry about and lose sleep over! OPINION | November 16, 2005 Op-Ed Contributors: Waking to a New Flu Threat By OLIVER SACKS and JOEL A. VILENSKY An outbreak of influenza may be followed by another epidemic. http://www.

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Waiting for Their Moment in the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eloquent piece by an African woman who feels some hope despite the appalling conditions she witnesses on that continent. OPINION | November 16, 2005 Editorial Observer: Waiting for Their Moment in the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman By HELENE

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Doing Unto Others as They Did Unto Us

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Grotesque barbarism of the Bushites. OPINION | November 14, 2005 Op-Ed Contributors: Doing Unto Others as They Did Unto Us By M. GREGG BLOCHE and JONATHAN H. MARKS The Pentagon's interrogation tactics after 9/11, which were based on Red Army metho

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: A Mosaic of Arab Culture at Home in America

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Flawed - but a good thing this exists at all. ARTS / ART & DESIGN | October 24, 2005 Museum Review | Arab American National Museum: A Mosaic of Arab Culture at Home in America By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN The museum in Dearborn, Mich., eagerly celebrates A

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: China's Monster, Second to None

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The West has no monopoly on recent despots! BOOKS | October 21, 2005 Books of the Times | 'Mao: The Unknown Story': China's Monster, Second to None By MICHIKO KAKUTANI In their new book, Jung Chang and Jon Halliday make an impassioned case for Mao

[scifinoir2] FEMA: Extend the Deadline!

I am inviting you to take action to urge FEMA to extend the deadline for victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita to apply for federal assistance. Millions of families have been displaced by the hurricane and hundreds of thousands still have not been able to go home to survey the damage.

[scifinoir2] FEMA: Extend the Deadline!

I am inviting you to take action to urge FEMA to extend the deadline for victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita to apply for federal assistance. Millions of families have been displaced by the hurricane and hundreds of thousands still have not been able to go home to survey the damage.

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: The Peculiar Institution as Lived in New York

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A horrid blight in NY and USA history, given exposure to the broad public, may help us to understand that the evils of the past reverberate in and profoundly affect the present and we must deal with this and we must try and heal these raw wounds.

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Grand Theories, Ignored Realities

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sums up everything the liberals and pregressives have been saying and reporting on independent media for YEARS and the Bushites keep repeating the smae deadly mistake over and over - look at Katrina! Impeach those criminals already! BOOKS | Octob

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Voting Reform Is in the Cards

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eminently sensible and doable - which the Bushites would naturally oppose to our peril. OPINION | September 23, 2005 Op-Ed Contributors: Voting Reform Is in the Cards By JIMMY CARTER and JAMES A. BAKER III Critics of our plan to repair elections i

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: A Wimp on Genocide

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Bushites compound their crimes by failure to act decisively about Darfur tragedies of that ilk. OPINION | September 18, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: A Wimp on Genocide By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF This month the Bush administration joined with Cuba, Zimbab

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Summer of My Discontent

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fascinating personal examination of cross-cultural journeying and experience. OPINION | September 17, 2005 Summerscapes: Summer of My Discontent By MOHAMMED NASEEHU ALI Returning to Ghana made me realize why I'd left. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Building the Great Firewall of China, With Foreign Help

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] How greed results in the most reprehensible behavior. No culture in the world is immune. Somehow, the human race must evolve past such impulses if we are to survive in any beneficial sense. OPINION | September 18, 2005 Editorial Observer: Buildin

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Not the New Deal

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bushite depravity continues as cronyism, racism and elitism runs rampant in New Orleans still - Paul Krugman informs us to his great credit. OPINION | September 16, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: Not the New Deal By PAUL KRUGMAN America's biggest relief an

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: A Black-Green Curtain of Disease and Destruction, Grime and Stench

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pungent description of what still floods New Orleans. NATIONAL / NATIONAL SPECIAL | September 12, 2005 The Water: A Black-Green Curtain of Disease and Destruction, Grime and Stench By DAN BARRY What laps against New Orleans's shores, and some of it

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Sick and Abandoned

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Herbert exposes more horrors of Hurricane Katrina exacerbated by gov't.'s deadly ineptitude. OPINION | September 15, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: Sick and Abandoned By BOB HERBERT The Federal Emergency Management Agency added to the suffering at an i

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: When Food From the Laboratory Leaves a Bitter Taste

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This appears to be a MUST SEE! MOVIES | September 14, 2005 Movie Review | 'The Future of Food': When Food From the Laboratory Leaves a Bitter Taste By STEPHEN HOLDEN Deborah Koons Garcia's sober, far-reaching polemic against genetically modified

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Meet the Fakers

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exposes the deadly hypocrisy among some of the global elites. OPINION | September 13, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: Meet the Fakers By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF With just a few exceptions, the presidents and prime ministers coming to the U.N. summit are doing a

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: A Rush of Stories

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Katrina survivors tell their horrifying stories. OPINION | September 12, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: A Rush of Stories By BOB HERBERT The stories continue to come out of New Orleans in an awful rush, like blood from a sudden gaping wound. http://www.nyt

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Point Those Fingers

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul Krugman lets the Bushites have it! You tell 'em! OPINION | September 9, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: Point Those Fingers By PAUL KRUGMAN If the Bush administration isn't held accountable for its response to Hurricane Katrina, it will keep repeating

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: The Storm Next Time

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Excellent advice the Bushites will no doubt ignore to everyones' peril. OPINION | September 11, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: The Storm Next Time By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Now that we've all seen what a Katrina can do, President Bush should tackle global wa

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Neigh to Cronies

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maureen Dowd gives Bushite cronyism and its deadly consequences, the harsh critique it deserves, OPINION | September 10, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: Neigh to Cronies By MAUREEN DOWD The cronies on the Homeland Security payroll. http://www.nytimes.com/20

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Does the Truth Lie Within?

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fascinating and worth trying oneself! Actually very similar to the way I eat. MAGAZINE | September 11, 2005 Freakonomics: Does the Truth Lie Within? By STEPHEN J. DUBNER and STEVEN D. LEVITT A professor turned his own body into a laboratory, poking

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: No Strangers to the Blues

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Points out some very depressing realities the Bushites would like topretend don't exist. OPINION | September 8, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: No Strangers to the Blues By BOB HERBERT The disaster in New Orleans was already under way long before Katrina ev

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Political Science

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Bushites are so anti-science it is appalling. MAGAZINE | September 4, 2005 Political Science By DANIEL SMITH Is the Bush administration anti-science? Or is it scientists critical of the president who have forgotten that science and politics do

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: In Europe, High-Tech Flood Control, With Nature's Help

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lessons to be learned in order to be ready for the next Katrina. SCIENCE | September 6, 2005 In Europe, High-Tech Flood Control, With Nature's Help By WILLIAM J. BROAD Experts in America say foreign flood-control projects are worth studying for in

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Practicing Medicine in the Dark, on the Edge

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] About some of the real heroes of Hurricane Katrina and in life in general. HEALTH | September 6, 2005 Essay: Practicing Medicine in the Dark, on the Edge By PERRI KLASS, M.D. The doctors and nurses taking care of patients in the hurricane zone are

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Haunted by Hesitation

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maureen Dowd tells it like it is. OPINION | September 7, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: Haunted by Hesitation By MAUREEN DOWD President Bush is stumbling in Iraq and he's stumbling on Katrina. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/07/opinion/07dowd.html?ex=1126756

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: A City Beyond the Reach of Empathy

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contains gorgeous memories and descriptions of the New Orleans now lost forever. OPINION | September 4, 2005 Op-Ed Contributor: A City Beyond the Reach of Empathy By RICHARD FORD For those away from New Orleans - most all of us - in this week of

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: A Failure of Leadership

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AMEN! AMEN!! OPINION | September 5, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: A Failure of Leadership By BOB HERBERT At a time when effective leadership is desperately needed, the United States is being led by a man who seems oblivious to the reality of his awesome

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Medical Team From Georgia, Trying to Provide Help, Hits Roadblocks Along the Way

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bushite incompetence- the mind boggles. NATIONAL / NATIONAL SPECIAL | September 5, 2005 Aid Efforts: Medical Team From Georgia, Trying to Provide Help, Hits Roadblocks Along the Way By GARDINER HARRIS NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4 - Dr. Jeffrey Orledge and

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Bush Faces Rising Complaints About Handling of Disaster

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Expletives deleted. 'Nuff said! NATIONAL / NATIONAL SPECIAL | September 4, 2005 Bush Faces Rising Complaints About Handling of Disaster By BRIAN KNOWLTON International Herald Tribune President Bush faced increasingly bitter complaints local and sta

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Quizzing Judge Roberts

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] And we just lost Rehnquist (now presiding in that Courthouse in the Sky) which means the Bushites get to nominate another extremist loony! OY! OPINION | September 4, 2005 Editorial: Quizzing Judge Roberts A look at the key issues senators should

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Redemption in the Bayou

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The last sentence of this piece is particularly damning. OPINION | September 5, 2005 Redemption in the Bayou Before Congress is a plan that could help restore Louisiana's vanishing wetlands and could provide some redemption for years of environme

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Falluja Floods the Superdome

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AMEN!! OPINION | September 4, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: Falluja Floods the Superdome By FRANK RICH The failures of 9/11 come home to roost. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/opinion/04rich.html?ex=1126497600&en=f82bd551a873fefe&ei=5070&emc=eta1 ---

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Truth-Telling on Race? Not in Bush's Fantasyland

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shows how appallingly out of touch with reality and how truly racist the Bushites are. OPINION | August 25, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: Truth-Telling on Race? Not in Bush's Fantasyland By BOB HERBERT The Bush administration has punished a Justice Depart

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Talk to the Animals

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Excellent essay about kinship between humans and all other living beings on this planet. OPINION | August 26, 2005 Op-Ed Contributor: Talk to the Animals By BERND HEINRICH Today's nature films show us the hidden reality of nature as never before.

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Robert Moog, Music Synthesizer Creator, Dies

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We lost one of the movers and shapers of our artistic culure. He will be missed! TECHNOLOGY | August 22, 2005 Robert Moog, Music Synthesizer Creator, Dies By ALLAN KOZINN The creator of the electronic music synthesizer that bears his name became u

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Entrenched Epidemic: Wife-Beatings in Africa

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Horrors of patriarchy run rampant. INTERNATIONAL / AFRICA | August 11, 2005 Entrenched Epidemic: Wife-Beatings in Africa By SHARON LaFRANIERE In few places is the abuse of women by a male partner more entrenched, and accepted, than in sub-Saharan

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: When Pigs Wi-Fi

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking forward to the next big media tech development. OPINION | August 7, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: When Pigs Wi-Fi By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF If the first step was to get Americans wired, the next step is to make them wireless. http://www.nytimes.com/2

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: The Xbox Auteurs

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think DO IT YOURSELF films and TV is at last on its way thanks to computers. People of color who complain about lack of representation in the media - here's your chance! MAGAZINE | August 7, 2005 The Xbox Auteurs By CLIVE THOMPSON How Michael B

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: I, Roommate: The Robot Housekeeper Arrives

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Life is really getting like science fiction! HOME & GARDEN | July 14, 2005 First Look: I, Roommate: The Robot Housekeeper Arrives By MARK ALLEN Is Nuvo, a robot designed for home use, the forerunner of a technology that will change life forever, o

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: All Rock, No Action

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Am African speaking out truthfully on behalf of compatriots. AMEN! OPINION | July 15, 2005 Op-Ed Contributor: All Rock, No Action By JEAN-CLAUDE SHANDA TONME Live 8 was an insult to Africans and to common sense. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/15/op

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Somerville's Story and My Great-Grandfather's Legacy

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A personal story that is also valuable African American history. OPINION | July 10, 2005 Editorial Observer: Somerville's Story and My Great-Grandfather's Legacy By BRENT STAPLES How the oral tradition preserves slave-era history. http://www.nytime

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: The Glass Menagerie (It's a Sponge)

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The design of this living being epitomizes the wonders of nature and could inspire science fiction writers when they imagine alien creatures! SCIENCE | July 12, 2005 Findings: The Glass Menagerie (It's a Sponge) In deep ocean waters, the prohibit

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Tone Deaf on Africa

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reasonable critique and suggestions! OPINION | July 3, 2005 Op-Ed Contributor: Tone Deaf on Africa By WILLIAM EASTERLY Big plans to end poverty in Africa miss the critical elements of feedback and accountability. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/03/

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: The Case of the Shrinking Lotus

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Botanically fascinating and depressing. SCIENCE / ENVIRONMENT | July 5, 2005 Findings: The Case of the Shrinking Lotus By JAMES GORMAN Over the past 100 years, a species of Himalayan snow lotus has lost almost four inches in height, and humans are

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: The Big Bang

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Really cool article about the Deep Impact mission. OPINION | July 3, 2005 Op-Ed Contributor: The Big Bang By DAVID GRINSPOON Why NASA's Deep Impact mission makes scientific sense. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/03/opinion/03grinspoon.html?ex=112105

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: The Artists in the Hazmat Suits

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Art and science fiction and politics are merging in exciting and disturbing ways! ARTS / ART & DESIGN | July 3, 2005 The Artists in the Hazmat Suits By RANDY KENNEDY Mutant bacteria, genetically altered mice, cactuses with curly hair: step this w

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Melding Gravity and Guilt at Live 8

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let's hope this display of wealth and fame actually does some good! ARTS / MUSIC | July 4, 2005 Critic's Notebook: Melding Gravity and Guilt at Live 8 By JON PARELES Like the G-8 meeting, the Live 8 concerts hinged on the privileged addressing the

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Sacred Tree or Pet Plant, He Brought It Crashing Down

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A true story stranger than fiction! Fascinating and very sad! BOOKS | June 24, 2005 Books of The Times | 'The Golden Spruce': Sacred Tree or Pet Plant, He Brought It Crashing Down By WILLIAM GRIMES The life and death of a magic tree, and the twist

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: They Find Light in the Darkness

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More fascinating science stuff! The first item is definitely fodder for SF fans! SCIENCE | June 21, 2005 Observatory: They Find Light in the Darkness By HENRY FOUNTAIN A new photosynthesizing organism, inbred coelacanths, the dangers of grazing an

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Some Politics May Be Etched in the Genes

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This seems as ridiculous as the "gay gene"! Rigid ideologues just want an excuse not to exercise their brains and to think for themselves! Oh I voted for Bush because I was hard-wired by my genes to do so! Give me a break! SCIENCE | June 21, 2005

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Archaeologists Discover an Ancient Egyptian Glass Factory

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is so cool! SCIENCE | June 21, 2005 Archaeologists Discover an Ancient Egyptian Glass Factory By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD Scientists are calling the find the first direct evidence of glassmaking in the Late Bronze Age. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/0

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: RNA Comes Out of the Shadow of Its Famous Cousin

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fascinating new devlopments in genetic science! SCIENCE | June 21, 2005 RNA Comes Out of the Shadow of Its Famous Cousin By NICHOLAS WADE DNA may get the plaudits, but RNA often does the tricky work. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/science/21rna.

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Into Orbit (Maybe Beyond) on Wings of Giant Solar Sails

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Life is getting more and more like science fiction - exciting! SCIENCE / SPACE & COSMOS | June 21, 2005 Into Orbit (Maybe Beyond) on Wings of Giant Solar Sails By WARREN E. LEARY In an effort to promote space exploration, a private group plans to l

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Conjuring an Imaginary Friend in the Search for an Authentic Self

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here is young woman writer of color who "made it" in mainstream publishing and with a genre (magical realism, speculative fiction) novel no less! An inspiration! BOOKS | June 21, 2005 Conjuring an Imaginary Friend in the Search for an Authentic S

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Two Top Guns Shoot Blanks

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sharp commentary on the current dire media climate and the possibilty that folks are finally waking up to how bad it is. OPINION | June 19, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: Two Top Guns Shoot Blanks By FRANK RICH The boundary between reality and fiction has

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Our Little Women Problem

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also, with over population being the not talked about enough problem that it is, not having children would leave women utterly free to do what they wish, with or without men in their lives. OPINION | June 18, 2005 Guest Columnist: Our Little Wome

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Congress Assaults the Courts, Again

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nore scary Bushite over-reaching! OPINION | June 18, 2005 Editorial: Congress Assaults the Courts, Again The House of Representatives took a little- noticed but dangerous swipe at the power of the courts this week. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: An Insider's Troubling Account of the U.S. Role in Iraq

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read any good book reviews lately? Don't miss this one! - really explains it like it is BOOKS | June 17, 2005 Books of The Times | 'Squandered Victory': An Insider's Troubling Account of the U.S. Role in Iraq By MICHIKO KAKUTANI Larry Diamond, a

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: What's the Matter With Ohio?

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The indomitable Paul Krugman illumines more Bushite abuses of power that must be fought against. OPINION | June 17, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: What's the Matter With Ohio? By PAUL KRUGMAN The message from Ohio is that long-term dominance by a political

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Onward, Moderate Christian Soldiers

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AMEN to this! OPINION | June 17, 2005 Op-Ed Contributor: Onward, Moderate Christian Soldiers By JOHN C. DANFORTH It is important for those of us who are considered moderates to make the case that we have strongly held Christian convictions. http:/

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bona fide pro genre geek has some trenchant things to say about the Star Wars phenomenon and its audiences. OPINION | June 17, 2005 Op-Ed Contributor: Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out By NEAL STEPHENSON "Star Wars" has much to say about geeks - and also

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Cosmic Struggles of Cultural Proportions

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Astute commentary on how current pop culture cinema reflects the cultural zeitgeist! MOVIES | June 17, 2005 Critic's Notebook: Cosmic Struggles of Cultural Proportions By CARYN JAMES With an emphasis on an eternal struggle between equally matched

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Raise the Price of Fame

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anything that could help level extreme disparities in income is a great idea, if only it could really happen! OPINION | June 16, 2005 Op-Ed Contributor: Raise the Price of Fame By NORMAN R. AUGUSTINE Why not tax superstar athletes, rock stars and

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Not Our Man in Iran

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] An American Enterprise Institute member's perceptive words of wisdom. OPINION | June 16, 2005 Op-Ed Contributor: Not Our Man in Iran By DANIELLE PLETKA Washington will welcome Ali Akhbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's likely return to the Iranian presidency

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: The Interactive Truth

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trenchant remarks worth pondering! OPINION | June 15, 2005 Guest Columnist: The Interactive Truth By STACY SCHIFF We're happier to swallow a half-baked Renaissance religious conspiracy theory than to examine the historical fiction we're living (an

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: The Troubadours of Brazil's Backlands

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Culturally fascinating! BOOKS | June 14, 2005 The Troubadours of Brazil's Backlands By LARRY ROHTER Cordel, a mostly obsolete art form where writers travel with their poems from town to town and market to market, continues to thrive in northeast B

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Research: Snakes Have Interesting Habits

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Simply fascinating! SCIENCE | June 13, 2005 Research: Snakes Have Interesting Habits By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS (AP) -- It may not matter to people who hate snakes, but researchers at Washington University have discovered that rattlers are

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Found: Earth's Distant Cousin (About 15 Light-Years Away)

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just plain exciting for space science nuts! SCIENCE / SPACE & COSMOS | June 14, 2005 Found: Earth's Distant Cousin (About 15 Light-Years Away) By DENNIS OVERBYE Astronomers announced Monday that they had found the smallest — and possibly most Eart

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: She's Studying. He's Playing.

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Interesting implications for human behavior. SCIENCE | June 14, 2005 Findings: She's Studying. He's Playing. By JOHN SCHWARTZ Little girls watch and learn; little boys goof off and horse around. At least this seems to be the case with chimpanzees.

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Thrillionaires: The New Space Capitalists

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If these guys could team up with NASA, we just might have a peaceful future in SPACE - THE FINAL FRONTIER! SCIENCE / SPACE & COSMOS | June 14, 2005 Thrillionaires: The New Space Capitalists By JOHN SCHWARTZ A new generation of deep-pockets entrepr

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Take My Privacy, Please!

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Explains and earns about high-tech invasions of privacy and misuse of personal data. SCARY STUFF! OPINION | June 13, 2005 Op-Ed Contributor: Take My Privacy, Please! By TED KOPPEL The Patriot Act may turn out to be among the lesser threats to our

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Don't Follow the Money

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Franks Rich gets it right on the money comparing Watergate to "Bushgate"! Allow the rage to consume you and then DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! OPINION | June 12, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: Don't Follow the Money By FRANK RICH And now the great Watergate cover

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: The Illiterate Surgeon

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] How folks can blossom and make a difference when given a chance. OPINION | June 12, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: The Illiterate Surgeon By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF The most amazing thing about Mamitu Gashe is not what she endured but what she has become. http

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: After 2,000 Years, a Seed From Ancient Judea Sprouts

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A really special date! Fascinating! INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | June 12, 2005 After 2,000 Years, a Seed From Ancient Judea Sprouts By STEVEN ERLANGER Israeli doctors and scientists have succeeded in germinating a date seed nearly 2,000 years old

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: DNA of Deadbeat Voles May Hint at Why Some Fathers Turn Out to Be Rats

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just plain fascinating! SCIENCE | June 10, 2005 DNA of Deadbeat Voles May Hint at Why Some Fathers Turn Out to Be Rats By NICHOLAS WADE Two scientists say the same genetic mechanism that shapes the paternal behavior of voles also exists in human D

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: In Africa, Life After AIDS

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I really, really want to believe this optimistic picture is true! OPINION | June 9, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: In Africa, Life After AIDS By DAVID BROOKS Health workers in Southern Africa who have been laboring for years and watching people die suddenl

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Crumbs for Africa

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amen to this! OPINION | June 8, 2005 Editorial: Crumbs for Africa At a time when rich countries are mounting a noble and worthy effort to make poverty history, the Bush administration is offering a drop in the bucket. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: The Hip-Hop Media - a World Where Crime Really Pays

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Really tragic degradation and exploitation of an influential pop music genre - clearly described. To go deeper is to find racism by music industry execs. OPINION | June 8, 2005 Editorial Observer: The Hip-Hop Media - a World Where Crime Really Pa

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Just What Mother Ordered

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Really fascinating! SCIENCE | June 7, 2005 Observatory: Just What Mother Ordered By HENRY FOUNTAIN Dolphins find a new way to search for food, spiders decorate their webs and scientists take pictures of underwater destruction. http://www.nytimes.c

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Sage Advice in Archaeology: Think Like a Neanderthal

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A woman after my own heart! SCIENCE | June 7, 2005 A Conversation With Ana Pinto: Sage Advice in Archaeology: Think Like a Neanderthal By CLAUDIA DREIFUS Dr. Ana Pinto talks about studying prehistoric humans and hitting the archaeological jackpot

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: A Better Robot, With Help From Roaches

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is so eccentric it's cool! SCIENCE | June 7, 2005 A Better Robot, With Help From Roaches By JOHN SCHWARTZ A graduate student has taken a novel approach to the problem of robotic navigation: he's using roaches as "drivers." http://www.nytimes.

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: The Mobility Myth

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks to Bob Herbert for so clearly delineating another great evil exacerbated by the Bushites! OPINION | June 6, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: The Mobility Myth By BOB HERBERT Put the myth of the American Dream aside. The bottom line is that it's becomi

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: A Policy of Rape

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We have something of Nazi-like evil going on here and where is the outrage and the effort to stop it!? OPINION | June 5, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: A Policy of Rape By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF In Darfur, rapes are part of a systematic campaign to terrorize

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Monkey Business

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fascinating evolutionary implications here. MAGAZINE | June 5, 2005 Freakonomics: Monkey Business By STEPHEN J. DUBNER and STEVEN D. LEVITT Can capuchins understand money? http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/magazine/05FREAK.html?ex=1118635200&en=a06

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Immaculate Destruction

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A polite way of saying that proliferating the arms race in space is utter insanity! OPINION | June 3, 2005 Op-Ed Contributor: Immaculate Destruction By FRANCES FITZGERALD The idea of putting weapons in space has its roots in American national myt

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: AIDS, Pregnancy and Poverty Trap Ever More African Girls

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nightmare effects of globalization! Something must be done! INTERNATIONAL / AFRICA | June 3, 2005 AIDS, Pregnancy and Poverty Trap Ever More African Girls By SHARON LaFRANIERE Girls in Mozambique, left orphaned and impoverished by AIDS, are being

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: For Fruit Flies, Gene Shift Tilts Sex Orientation

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looks like there's a whole lot of nature amidst the nurture! SCIENCE | June 3, 2005 For Fruit Flies, Gene Shift Tilts Sex Orientation By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, International Herald Tribune The scientific finding will likely prove influential in debat

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Karl's New Manifesto

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] An astute and barbed riff! OPINION | May 29, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: Karl's New Manifesto By DAVID BROOKS Undereducated workers of the world, unite! http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/29/opinion/29brooks.html?ex=1118289600&en=ac33d9b7318edad6&ei=5070&emc

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Day 141 of Bush's Silence

Title: E-Mail This This page was sent to you by:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eloquent argument for compassion as opposed to the arrogant indifference of Bushite imperial ambition! OPINION |   May 31, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist:  Day 141 of Bush's Silence

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Calif. Botanists Find Rare Grass Species

Title: E-Mail This This page was sent to you by:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ivory Billed Woodpeckers - now this! Cool! SCIENCE |   May 31, 2005 Calif. Botanists Find Rare Grass Species By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AVALON, Calif. (AP) -- A specie

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Molding a Nebula From a Star

Title: E-Mail This This page was sent to you by:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just plain fascinating! SCIENCE / SPACE & COSMOS |   May 31, 2005 Molding a Nebula From a Star By DENNIS OVERBYE A good show is on display in the Carina nebula in t

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Declaring With Clarity, When Gender Is Ambiguous

Title: E-Mail This This page was sent to you by:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fascinating how hard-wired gender identity can be! SCIENCE |   May 31, 2005 A Conversation With William Reiner:  Declaring With Clarity, When Gender Is Ambiguous By CLA

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Without Apology, Leaping Ahead in Cloning

Title: E-Mail This This page was sent to you by:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Science at its exciting and dramatic best! SCIENCE |   May 31, 2005 Scientist at Work | Woo Suk Hwang:  Without Apology, Leaping Ahead in Cloning By JAMES BROOKE Dr.

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: In Tasmania, the Devil Now Faces Its Own Hell

Title: E-Mail This This page was sent to you by:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] A sad, strange and disturbing medical mystery. SCIENCE |   May 31, 2005 In Tasmania, the Devil Now Faces Its Own Hell By SANDRA BLAKESLEE A disease has killed more

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: America, a Symbol of . . .

Title: E-Mail This This page was sent to you by:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Herbert REALLY tells it like it is - BRAVO! OPINION |   May 30, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist:  America, a Symbol of . . . By BOB HERBERT This Memorial Day is not a good

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Too Few, Yet Too Many

Title: E-Mail This This page was sent to you by:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] More unfortunate consequences of the Bushites' insane policies! OPINION |   May 30, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist:  Too Few, Yet Too Many By PAUL KRUGMAN Our all-volunteer mi

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