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Death and Underachievement: A Guide to Happiness in Work

The trite wisdom of contemporary folklore instructs us that the arrival of the New Year is a time to reflect on the achievements of the preceding 365 days and to bear down and “resolve” to achieve more in those to come. Over time, we learn what a hydra-headed beast this is: no matter how many [...]


The Return of 3-D Movies

[Today’s guest post is by longtime reader and commenter Mitch Golden. Thanks, Mitch! If you’re a Freedom to Tinker reader and have a great idea for a guest post, please let me know. — Ed]
Last Friday I was at a movie preview for a concert mov…


The Once and Future King

Twice each year the top 100 or so television critics in the U.S. lock themselves in a Los Angeles hotel for a couple weeks to meet all the producers and stars of TV shows being offered in the coming months. In January and July this ritual takes pla…


The “…and Technology” Debate

When an invitation to the facebook group came along, I was happy to sign up as an advocate of ScienceDebate 2008, a grassroots effort to get the Presidential candidates together for a group grilling on, as the web site puts it “what may be the most i…


Ronald Reagan

“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”


Another Day, Another Amazon Web-Service


Hot off the press, Ama…


Smells we can’t detect affect judgments we make about people

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed ResearchDo smells have an impact on h…


I Agree With O’Reilly

Tim O’Reilly of the Web 2.0 fame posted a great article…


Press Release: EPA Denies States the Right to Fight Global Warming

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

To arrange interviews with Environmental Defense staff, please contact:

Environmental Defense Media:

Tony Kreindler, 202-210-5791, tkreindler@ed.org;

Jesus Mena, 415-293-6097, jemena@ed.org

Jennifer Witherspoon, 415-293-6067, jwitherspoon@ed.org

The following Environmental Defense experts are available for comment:

Fred Krupp, President

Vickie Patton, Deputy General Counsel

Jim Marston, Senior Attorney

Jim Tripp, General Counsel

(Washington DC – December 19, 2007). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stunned [...]


Current Eliminator V sets new world speed record - 153.6 mph - for electric vehicles

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