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JULY 2008

  • World Energy Consumption Per Capita
  • The Solar Pipe Dream?
  • The Economics of Wind Power in the United States: Can We Get to 300 GW by 2030?
  • In one of Saddam’s former palaces no less
  • 1991 World Track and Field Championships: The Greatest Long Jump Duel Ever
  • Professor David MacKay’s View of Future Britain’s Energy Use
  • Carbon Sequestration. Of Jet Emissions?
  • What Percentage of Energy Consumed in the United States is Currently From Renewables?
  • Can the Electric Car Save the American Way of Life?
  • Can Alternative Energy Be the Answer?

    • JUNE 2008

  • Math With Environmental Implications
  • Towards a Rational Sustainable Energy Policy
  • The Internet Amazes Me
  • Is Kashmir the Key to Stability in the Middle East?
  • The NATO Alliance: Europe Should Take Responsibility For Its Own Defense
  • Responding to the Threat of Climate Change
  • Fun With Maps: Understanding How Iran Sees the World
  • Why Does Barack Obama Hate Me Just Because I’m Young?
  • The Nation’s Math Report Card: How Do Seventeen Year-Olds Compare to Their Predecessors?
  • 2010 FIFA World Cup: Where the United States Stands
  • A Nation at Risk: American Public Education in the 1970’s
  • Higher Education and Immigration
  • Comparing United States High School Graduation Rates and Chicago Public Schools
  • Chicago Public Schools: Some Basic Facts
  • International Philanthropy: Does the United States Do Enough?
  • Barack Obama: A Measure of Progress in America

    • MAY 2008

  • Test Your Eighth Grade Math!!
  • Muqtada Al-Sadr
  • USA vs. England Friendly Thoughts
  • Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: Lessons For Iraq
  • As the Beijing Olympics Approach, Looking Back at the 1988 Seoul Olympics Games
  • How the Media Portrays Progress in Iraq
  • Republicans and Our Enemies by Joe Biden
  • The Hyperion Oil Refinery: NIMBYISM in Small Town America?
  • Reagan, Obama and Appeasement
  • Democrats and Our Enemies by Joe Lieberman
  • Two More Iraq Opinion Polls
  • Comparing American and Iraqi Opinions of the United States Invasion of Iraq
  • An Analysis of Barack Obama’s Position on Social Security Reform
  • Why Are Only Three Year Old Horses Allowed to Race in the Kentucky Derby?
  • John McCain’s Remarks to the National Rifle Association
  • History and Politics of Lebanon: What to do About Hezbollah?
  • Ronald Reagan Was Funny
  • Iowa is Full of Squares
  • Analyzing the History of Barack Obama’s Opposition to War in Iraq
  • Voter Turnout and Participation Rates Rise in a Close Election
  • How McCain and Obama Are Perceived by Voters
  • McCain, Obama, Ethics Reform and Nasty Letters
  • September 11, 2001 Television Coverage Archive
  • The End of the Two Party System?
  • Political Progress in Iraq
  • Interview With a General in the Iraqi Police
  • Summary of International Crisis Group’s Report on the Sunni Landscape in Iraq
  • Polling on American Perceptions of Iraq and Progress
  • If Barack Obama is Luke SkyWalker, Does That Make John McCain the Emperor?

    • APRIL 2008

  • Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Speech on Security
  • Why Does the Lottery Exist?
  • The Best Blogs on Iraq
  • John McCain’s Economic Plan
  • Text of a speech by Democratic Senator Joe Biden Regarding John McCain’s Position on the Iraq War
  • The Iraq War
  • The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
  • Report to Congress on the Situation in Iraq by General David H. Petraeus
  • Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
  • SCOTUS: The Justices and Their Clerks Provide a Unique Decision Making Process

    • MARCH 2008

  • The 2008 Election is a Historical Inflection Point: Will the U.S. Change Direction?
  • The United States Has the Means to Lead the World
  • The United States Has the Motive to Engage the World
  • Net Neutrality and the Future of the Internet Part 4: The Internet Will Not Be the Primary Means of Video Delivery to Your Television
  • Brett Favre’s Career: How Good Was He?
  • Why I Did Support the Iraq Invasion
  • What I Didn’t Think About the Iraq Invasion
  • Lessons in History: A Newsburglar Survey on the Cold War, the Iraq Invasion and the 2008 Election (Part 1)
  • Net Neutrality and the Future of the Internet Part 3: Media Consumption
    Goodbye Brett, We’ll Miss You

    • FEBRUARY 2008

  • Zell to Sell Wrigley Naming Rights? Not With This Grease Monkey Script!
  • Reusable Bags: Disposing the Disposable Plastic Bag?
  • Ten Facts You Can Use to Taunt a University of Michigan Basketball Fan.
  • The Evolution of Brand Advertising. Its Still About Trust
  • Iraq’s Parliament Passes Critical Legislation.
  • Grading the Clemens’ Hearing Committee Members
  • The Clemens Hearing: One of Them Lied. But Who?
  • When I Wake Up, I Expect that Roger Clemens Will Be Lying Under Oath to Congress
  • Net Neutrality and the Future of the Internet (Part 2: The 1996 Telecom Act)
  • Derek Jeter: Slow Mo, Fast Mo, Corn Mo?

    • JANUARY 2008

  • The Cable Industry Battles Big Media. But Not For the Benefit of Consumers
  • Yanks Abroad: Americans Seek Soccer Success Overseas
  • Net Neutrality and the Future of the Internet (Part 1)
  • My First Mac: Performa 475 With 4 mb of RAM
  • Coke’s Deceptive Marketing Practices
  • Health Info You Need to Know Before Drinking Glaceau VitaminWater
  • We Didn’t Start the Fire, Extended Remix
  • On Clemens, Steroids and Relationships
  • Best of 2007. A Look Back at the Digg Revolt
  • Repeal the Seventeenth Amendment (Part 2)
  • Repeal the Seventeenth Amendment

    • DECEMBER 2007

  • New Years in St. Louis: Fun Without Guns
  • College Football Recruiting: Kids Have Changed, So Have Coaches.
  • Pooty Poot Putin. Stability in Russia is Not a Threat to the West
  • Information Cascades: How Other People’s Decisions Affect Your Diet
  • The Word of the Year: Merriam-Webster’s Attempt to Stay Relevant in a Changing World
  • The Mitchell Report
  • Want to Boycott Ticketmaster But Can’t? Boycott IAC’s Other Properties Instead.

    • NOVEMBER 2007

  • Change One Thing About Your Diet
  • Latin America is Growing Up. The United States Should Enjoy It.
  • What You Need to Know About the Farm Bill
  • The Struggles of Old Media Show No Signs of Abating
  • Restricted Calorie Diets Can Extend Your Life

    • OCTOBER 2007

  • On Zombie Alligators, Global Warming and Occam’s Razor
  • On the Yankees World Series Success
  • Is Yahoo Irrelevant?
  • A La Carte Cable: Do You Know How Much You Pay a Month For ESPN?
  • The Nation’s Report Card: No A’s, But No F’s Either