According to Time Magazine, the Mayor of Sao Paulo banned most outdoor advertising two years ago, "in a bold effort to rid the city of what he called 'visual pollution.'" You can check out some images of the new Sao Paulo at the Time link. I have a special interest…
Is our airport security better than it was prior to 9/11? In "The Things He Carried," Jeff Goldberg digs in deeply, going so far as to look and act suspicious to test the TSA and concludes that we're getting nothing for most of the money we've spent on "improvements." We…
The November issue of The Atlantic features Michelle Rhee, the new 38 year old Chancellor of the Washington D.C. School District. This is an excellent biography, titled "The Lightning Rod," which focuses on what Rhee had to do to get anything done at all. Consider her bold approach: Since her…
There's been some talk lately about the need to upgrade our power grid. How complicated is our power grid? Consider this quote from "Upgrading the Grid," from the July 31, 2008 edition of Nature (available online only to subscribers): The power flowing through the stadium lights cannot actually be traced…
Can prayer turn a brain tumor into a living worm? That's what this news reporter seems to be claiming in the middle of her report. The real message is still an interesting one: be careful with washing hands and eating pork, or you could end up with a big worm…