The Lifeline: A three-part Los Angeles Times series following the lives of soldiers wounded in Iraq

Seeded on Wed May 30, 2007 6:12 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Three part series from LA Times about wounded soldiers in Iraq. Not just articles, but a lot of pictures, graphs, and audio slide shows.

us, iraq, army, middle-east, terror, terrorism, politics, military, terrorist, veteran

The Vandalism Vandal

Seeded on Tue May 29, 2007 6:45 PM EDT (New York Magazine)

Article discusses New York street art and the controversy surrounding the unidentified "Splasher" - an "artist" who has been splashing paint, Pollock-style, and wheatpasting manifestos over the work of some of the scene's most celebrated artists and veterans.

new-york, arts, tagging, soho, graffiti, street-art, banksy, graff, shepard-fairey, swoon

Marriage in America: The Frayed Knot

Seeded on Tue May 29, 2007 5:55 PM EDT (The Economist)

Economist article discusses the intersection between marriage, pregnancy and poverty and the implications of growing up in a single-parent vs. married parent household for future generations of American children.

marriage, divorce, income-gap, income-distribution, income-inequality, us-marriage

Death By Veganism

Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 6:35 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Interesting opinion piece from Nina Planck about the recent death of an Atlanta baby and the health risks a vegan diet can pose for a child.

health, atlanta, nutrition, veganism, vegan, shakur

Merit pay for teachers - into the hornets' nest

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2007 5:37 PM EDT (The Economist)

A revival in interest regarding merit pay for teachers sparks debate and controversy in a number of US cities experimenting with the idea, including Houston, Denver, Austin and Little Rock.

education, denver, houston, teachers, little-rock, merit-pay

Intelligent Design—Bad Career Move?

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2007 5:18 PM EDT (TIME: Real Clear Politics)

Interesting thoughts from Time science contributor Michael Lemonick about the denial of tenure to a professor at Iowa State University over his views on intelligent design and why the decision is justified.

evolution, intelligent-design, science, iowa-state, darwin, creationism, discovery-institute, religion-science

Businesses Try to Make Money and Save the World

Seeded on Mon May 7, 2007 6:53 PM EDT (The New York Times)

ALTRUSHARE SECURITIES is a brokerage firm, engaged in the sort of things you might expect of a Wall Street outfit, like buying and selling stock, and providing research on companies.

business, environment, philanthropy, non-profit, green-business, sustainable-economics, fourth-sector, for-benefit-corporation

When Carbon is Currency

Seeded on Mon May 7, 2007 6:48 PM EDT (The New York Times)

AMID steadily increasing carbon emissions, and a federal government hesitant to take the lead on climate legislation, 10 states have joined to create the first mandatory carbon cap-and-trade program in the United States.

global-warming, science, carbon, carbon-emissions, green-power, emission-cap

David Kopel (Independence Institute) & Christopher Lockwood (The Economist) in a 5-part gun control debate, hosted by the LA Times

Seeded on Tue May 1, 2007 8:22 AM EDT (LA Times)

Very interesting series of opinion articles written by Christopher Lockwood of The Economist and David Kopel of the Independence Institute, hosted by the LA Times.

politics, handgun, virginia-tech, gun-control, nra, firearm, cho, gun-law, va-tech, cho-seung-hui

More and more countries have doubts about the death penalty

Seeded on Tue May 1, 2007 8:01 AM EDT (The Economist)

One line in this article really caught my eye: Six countries—China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan and the United States—accounted for more than nine in ten of last year's known executions.

death-penalty, lethal-injection, world-news, capital-punishment

In the university of death

Seeded on Tue May 1, 2007 7:41 AM EDT (The Economist)

This article is a bit old so the beginning is something of a rehash of information many people may have already heard, but the second half deals with gun control efforts in the US.

constitution, politics, virginia-tech, gun-control, nra, 2nd-amendment, gun-law, va-tech

Ban junk food in schools and screw the marketers

Tue May 1, 2007 5:41 AM EDT

Last week I seeded a Washington Post Article about a possible nationwide ban on junk food in schools. At first I thought I would just say something quick about the issue in the seed and that would be it, but after stewing it over for awhile I thought it deserved a little more.

Continue reading this entry ...

health, childhood-obesity, junk-food, us-obesity, american-obesity, us-health

Kaine Blocks Sales to Mentally Ill Ordered Into Outpatient Care

Seeded on Tue May 1, 2007 5:39 AM EDT (Washington Post)

This may be one case where the "better late than never" adage does not at all apply.

politics, gun-laws, virginia-tech, gun-control, gun-access, va-tech, cho-seung-hui, us-gun, virginia-gun

Extreme Makeover

Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:54 AM EDT (Rolling Stone)

A pretty interesting photo collection showing the impact global warming has had on different regions throughout the world, accompanied by quotes from Al Gore.

global-warming, gore, environment, science, carbon-emissions, inconvenient-truth

Still separate after all these years

Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:37 AM EDT (The Economist)

A very interesting take from outside the country on school segregation in the US. Especially relevant given that the Supreme Court heard two cases in December about using race to determine what schools children would attend and will soon announce their decision on those cases.

education, louisville, school, seattle, us-supreme-court, segregation, race-relations, racial-tiebreaker

Panel Urges Schools To Replace Junk Foods

Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:10 AM EDT (Washington Post)

It's about time.

america, obesity, us-news, junk-food, fat, us-obesity

Summer bummer: $4 a gallon?

Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:01 AM EDT (The Seattle Times)

Aside from some sun, looks like those of us here in the Northwest have something else to look forward to this summer. Too bad mass transit here is nothing but an oxymoron.

washington, gas, gas-prices, global-warming, seattle, us-news, hybrid-car, gallon

Is the Second Amendment Still Relevant?

Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:49 PM EDT

There are already a host of articles on newsvine defending and deploring the second amendment in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings on Monday.

Continue reading this entry ...

constitution, massacre, virginia-tech, us-news, gun-control, 2nd-amendment, cho, va-tech, cho-seung-hui, us-gun-laws

The Plot Against Medicare

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:47 AM EDT (Truthout (from NY Times))

Krugman addresses problems with Medicare and current attempts to privatize the program that have resulted higher health care costs for the limited number of people who have coverage.

medicare, politics, health-care, paul-krugman, universal-health-care

A Hostage Situation

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:02 AM EDT (Truthout (from NY Times))

Bush and some Republican members of Congress have long accused Democrats of "not supporting the troops" because of calls for an Iraq withdrawal timetable and cutting funds.

politics, iraq-war, paul-krugman, krugman, troop-surge, iraq-timetable, iraq-funding

Corporate Welfare For the Sonics?

Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:42 AM EDT

The Washington State Legislature adjourns on April 22nd. For proponents of a publicly-funded arena for the Seattle Supersonics, that means they have just 10 days to convince legislators that this is a good idea. There are so many reasons it isn't.

Continue reading this entry ...

politics, sonics, seattle, washington-state, olympia, sports-arena

Corn Can't Solve Our Problems

Seeded on Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:51 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

Corn-based ethanol production is a hot topic in political and environmental circles these days, and the subject is even receiving lip service on the campaign trail.

technology, global-warming, ethanol, alternative-fuel, carbon-emissions, corn-ethanol

Sweet Little Lies

Seeded on Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:03 AM EDT (t r u t h o u t)

Krugman chronicles Republican utilization of the Big & Little Lie techniques, from the Clinton years to the recent firing of several US Attorneys and attacks on speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in response to her trip to Syria.

politics, pelosi, krugman, us-attorney-firing

Challenge to Emissions Rule is Set to Start

Seeded on Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:17 AM EDT (New York Times)

Vermont has followed California's lead in requiring a 30% reduction in emissions from cars sold in the state by 2016. Automakers are suing to keep the regulations from taking effect and the fight is moving to a federal courtroom in Burlington.

global-warming, politics, fuel-economy, auto-industry, emissions-standards, auto-emissions

X-Prize Sets Sights on 100 mpg Cars

Seeded on Wed Apr 4, 2007 8:11 PM EDT (NPR)

Peter Diamandis, M.D., founder of the X-Prize foundation, speaks with NPR's Melissa Block about the origins of the prize, future goals, and the release of rules for the 100 mpg car contest.

technology, global-warming, environment, fuel-economy, npr, new-york-auto, automotive-x-prize, first-x-prize-flight

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