I Love Cynics!

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, we all found ways of coping with a tragedy the majority of us where, to most extents, detached from. For those living with the loss of family and friend, for those who witnessed the disasters, the conflict is much closer to home.
Art Spiegelman, […]

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When Fly Fisherman magazine published an article on the Bush administration’s dismal environmental record in the pages of the December 2004 issue, it was guaranteed to raise the hackles of the publications’ more conservative readers. While the letters that rolled in were a mixed lot, judging from those printed in the February 2005 issue, […]

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Sunrise, just around 11am. Sunset, sometime prior to 3pm. Welcome to Fairbanks Alaska. By the way, it’s -16F here, too.
Ah, Winter Solstice, the many tricks you play. Sure, the days will start to (slowly) get longer. Yet, the coldest months of the year are still ahead. January […]

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Once again, politics takes center stage to push aside science. In the seemingly never ending debate over the environment in Alaska, business interests always come first. It’s an unwritten rule, it would seem.
Case in point: Mining in the Tongass National Forest. According to an article today on the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner web site, […]

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I don’t think I have big hands. Really, I don’t. So why is it that when I put a computer together I invariably cut the hell out of myself?
I’m tired of giant computer cases. They take up a ton of space, are noisy, and just look boring. No, I’m not looking […]

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Congrats Defense Department, you’re shooting 5 for 9 now. With an almost 50% failure rate it should become increasingly harder to find national support for this project. At least, I can hope.
According to an article in the New York Times the Pentagon will spend an additional $50 billion over the next five years […]

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According to most news sources today, a test of the nation’s missile defense system was scrubbed this morning due to bad weather. Should I be worried about a system that requires perfect conditions to work? I think we all should be.
Despite the fact that the system is still being tested, missiles are being […]

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Sorry for the lack of posts in the past few days (assuming anyone has found this site yet!) I’ve been fighting a pretty bad cold. It’s not like it was unexpected, though. I do believe it is tradition!
You see, ever since I was a kid, I have gotten a cold, usually a […]

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