Brian Gongol
Graphic of the day: Sediment
Sediment puts Arkansas rivers at risk
Creepy undertones in a Russian state-sponsored youth group
A great comic strip meets an untimely end
The syndicate that had distributed "Bo Nanas," a sincere-but-not-sappy strip centered on a 3' talking monkey, has pulled the plug on distribution. That's a tragedy: The strip was both original and widely-appealing. With luck, perhaps, the creator of Bo Nanas can be persuaded to continue his work, if less-frequently, online.
Chicago cabbies want higher fares to pay for gas
Some riders are not amused: "Get rid of your 10 mpg Crown Vics and a buy 51 mpg Prius"
The Future Scale
An effort to begin cataloging some of the major predictions for the future and see just how quickly things the future really is coming
More biofuels could create a gasoline glut by 2010
Latin America feels ignored
(Article in Spanish) US ambassador to Peru says it's just that we haven't noticed how smooth relations have become. That argument is a little difficult to swallow.
New UK Prime Minister says he believes in "shared values founded on a shared destiny" with the US
Omaha hospitals worried about rising number of shooting victims
Related: Police have discovered the bodies of four infants in a house in Maryland. A woman living there has been charged with murder.
Lots of the Corn Belt is short on rain
Why are the Presidential candidates ignoring entitlement spending?
Most of the Presidential candidates completely ignore the looming disaster in Medicare funding (especially) in their 2008 economic platforms. And that's inexcusable. If we don't deal with the problem swiftly, it won't matter what other problems they want to solve...there won't be any cash to do it with. Entitlement spending is an economic emergency (the Bush Administration's Medicare Part D debacle only accelerates the disaster), and the failure of the candidates, media, and onlookers alike to say anything about it is a calamity.
Barron Hilton to give $2.4 billion to charity
The son of the hotel chain founder is cutting the family out of his will and using the money he's going to make from selling his share of the company to the buyout corporation to bulk up the assets of his father's foundation
Unknown killers are murdering gorillas in the Congo
