food
Australia's $3 Billion Water Transfer
You may have already read about the contribution of drought in Australia to the global food crunch, but now the Australian government is READ MORE >>
Are Gmo Crops The New Nuclear?
As we've seen, soaring energy demand is proving a boon for nuclear lobbyists seeking to re-brand their product from an environmental pariah to a 21st century necessity. Now, it looks like the genetically-modified crop industry is following suit: READ MORE >>
Yes, There's A Food Crisis
The New York Times had a good, concise editorial yesterday on the global surge in food prices: Last week, the president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, warned that 33 nations are at risk of social unrest because of the rising prices of food. "For countries where food comprises from half to three-quarters of consumption, there is no margin for survival," he said. READ MORE >>
The Survival Of The Fattest
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think By Brian Wansink (Bantam, 276 pp., $25) READ MORE >>
Progmation
I DEAD IN ATTIC By Chris Rose (Chris Rose Books, 158 pp., $13) BREACH OF FAITH: HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE NEAR DEATH OF A GREAT AMERICAN CITY By Jed Horne (Random House, 412 pp., $25.95) THE STORM By Ivor van Heerden and Mike Bryan (Viking, 308 pp., 25.95) THE GREAT DELUGE: HURRICANE KATRINA, NEW ORLEANS, AND THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST By Douglas Brinkley (William Morrow, 716 pp., $29.95) READ MORE >>
Empire Falls
The Name Game
Apex Hides the Hurt By Colson Whitehead (Doubleday, 212 pp., $22.95) READ MORE >>
Gulf Stream
Failed State
Sacramento, California READ MORE >>
Second Time Farce
In Hollywood, the one thing as inevitable as death and taxes is sequels. They roll them out, year after year, the 2s and IIs, the Returns and Revenges, and Strikes Backs and Strikes Agains. For decades, the first rule of making a successful sequel has been simple and unchanging: Figure out what you did right the first time and do it again. READ MORE >>
