Margin Notes

Tweet like an Egyptian

The Internet keeps its promise in Egypt. In the early days of the World Wide Web, HTML practitioners maintained the googly-eyed optimism of people who thought...

Let’s do shots!

Booze and bullets are a lethal cocktail no matter how you shake it. Lovers of freedom suffered a temporary setback in May when Tennessee Govenor Phil Bredesen...

Bombs away

President Obama wants to lock up nukes—but he isn’t about to throw away the key. The 2008 election of Barack Obama was arguably a culmination of the hope...

Working for the common grid

Reducing our collective carbon footprint can be as easy as plugging in. In the old days all the cool guys and gals who wanted to show up “the man” devoted a...

Go outside and play

If you want peace, cultivate creation,” Pope Benedict XVI said in his 2010 World Day of Peace reflection, arguably a message not just for the new year...