Articles tagged "America"

In a few years it could be every reporter's must-have tool. But is this OK?

At least not as much as being born Swiss, Australian, or even Taiwanese.

The more I watch the show, the more I realize it could easily be transplanted to the People's Republic and largely be the same thing. And possibly, even better.

Talk about a coke bust.

Rule 1 of the Internet: Nothing is sacred, except Ron Paul and anonymity. And especially not the White House’s online petition site.

The election is next week, and some of us will be voting on machines that may or may not properly register our selections.

The absurd simplicity of the whole idea — Fuck shovels and dynamite, let’s use nukes — hearkens back to the techno-optimism of the 50s.

Amateurish films funded by religious fundamentalists aren’t uncommon. But translate them into the language of other religious fundamentalists, and you can spark a hell-storm of murderous fury. Yesterday a chanting crowd of approximately 2,000 Egyp…

Last night, if you were listening to the President accept his nomination, and were paying any attention to Twitter storm that happened simultaneously, you might have got a little sensitive to those keywords that Mr. Obama hit without fail. If you rea…

Let the character assassination, conspiracy theories and press circus continue. Amid what is perhaps one of the most controversial debates over human rights in a generation, some remain more interested in Julian Assange's ugly behavior, like how he "…

"True Thrush"'s concept is easy enough to explain: "Dan Deacon":http://www.dandeacon.com/ and Wham City compatriot/filmmaker/comedian "Ben O'Brien":http://showbeast.net/ filmed a 13 second scene, featuring the two of them. They then showed that scene…

NASA lays down the ground rules for any of its funded scientists that wants to talk to anyone from China.

It's sunny, 93 goddamned degrees, and in a matter of hours I, along with millions and millions of my fellow countrymen and women, get to cut loose and for 24 hours maybe not feel totally awful about being 'Mericans, for once. It'll be a whirlwind of

What does China advancing in space mean for the U.S.? Nothing. Or something. It's hard to say.

Dunno why I gird myself so hard to dislike the music of Dan Deacon. I've even been a pretty big fan of Deacon's more cartoony _Spiderman of the Rings_ songs, despite their role in creating things like Ear Pwr and the general neon craze, and personall…

Whatever your feelings are about "fairly" paying janitors (Harvard just "came to an agreement with its janitors":http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/11/harvard-custodians/fJiazmLaZMEst2uvDZeNqO/index.html, though Newt Gingrich "says he wants"…

What’s undeniable about the Truther movement, all nonsense, pseudoscience and straight up hallucinations aside, is that there is historical precedent behind the idea of the U.S. government launching so-called ""false flag"":http://en.wikipedia.org/wi…

The attacks on the World Trade Center didn't just kill thousands and demolish icons, but left behind a kind of slow-motion time-bomb, one that's still exploding. It's target was what David Foster-Wallace calls "the American idea" - "an open society,