By • Jan 29,2009

Atmospheric Hacking

Wired has an interesting write-up of a study comparing the potential of various “climate hacks”–that is, geoengineering schemes for dealing with climate change. These “hacks” essentially fall into two categories:...

By • Jan 29,2009

I can't tell if he's joking…

Over at The Plank, they linked to Jon Chait’s 1997 story about Chait’s evening as a coat checker at the Omni Shoreham during a trio of inaugural balls. In it,...

By • Jan 29,2009

Whitehouse.gov halfway there

Mary Katherine notes that Whitehouse.gov now provides transcripts of Robert Gibbs’ daily briefings. But I still don’t see transcripts of Obama’s remarks. MK also notes that the White House has...

By • Jan 29,2009

Russia lowers the volume

Steve Biegun: Sources within the Russian Ministry of Defense appear to be hinting at a retreat from their plan (which Medvedev announced in his November 5 speech) to deploy Iskander...