Dec 13 Avoiding Eruptions – While Covering Them It took a long time and a lot of persistence to get to the summit of the most active volcano in Indonesia. The trip down came quicker - and went faster than I would have liked. Clearly, I… Continue reading
Dec 10 Gibbs Expresses Hope For New START in Lame-Duck Congress White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has been a sometimes-lonely voice of optimism that the Senate will approve the Obama administration's New START nuclear arms treaty with Russia before the current lame-duck congressional session comes to an end. Gibbs… Continue reading
Nov 30 Turkish FM on WikiLeaks: ‘We Don’t Take These Observations Seriously’ Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before a bilateral meeting on Nov. 29. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) "Do I look like a dangerous man?" Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu said with a… Continue reading
Nov 29 Addressing Ocean Acidification on Both Coasts DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s45b8qfc4', 'kOPf8-hsWXk', '29'); An Environmental Protection Agency memo on ocean acidification played a role in the settlement of a lawsuit that challenged the EPA's failure to address the issue under the Clean Water Act. To help us… Continue reading
Nov 15 Robot Butlers and Jet Packs: How Close Are We Really? A man with a jetpack makes a spectacular landing before Super Bowl I in 1967 at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. Photo by Vic Stein/NFL I will confess right up front that I wasted a lot of time… Continue reading
Nov 11 In Massachusetts, A Health Care Reform Preview Fall in Franklin County, Mass. (Flickr Creative Commons/banspy) A recent post-election poll confirmed the national split over health reform -- 49 percent of respondents wanted to see the law repealed or rolled back, while 40 percent wanted to… Continue reading
Nov 10 Joel Klein Resigns: What’s Next for NYC Schools? My jaw dropped when I learned of Joel Klein's resignation as New York City Schools Chancellor. He's labored long and hard in the nation's largest school system and has achieved some noteworthy success, particularly the large network of small… Continue reading
Oct 28 In San Francisco, a Whole New Ballgame Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum takes the mound for Game 1 of the World Series in San Francisco. Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images. The San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers, 11-7, in Game 1 of the World Series Wednesday… Continue reading
Oct 14 Gillespie: Criticism of Ad Spending Has Filled GOP Coffers Republican operatives say the recent criticism of campaign ads being run by GOP-leaning groups against Democratic congressional candidates is serving a purpose: it's helping those groups raise more money. President Obama and other Democratic officials have… Continue reading
Sep 30 Blueberries Among Top Tips to Avoid Alzheimer’s, Journalist Says By Betty Ann Bowser When health journalist Jean Carper discovered that she carried the ApoE4 gene that triples her risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, she became interested in finding out more about the latest research on Alzheimer’s prevention. More research and… Continue reading