http://dir.salon.com/topics/globalization/?source=rss&aim=globalization en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/09/obama_mccain_economy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/09/obama_mccain_economy/index.html?source=rss And then there were two. In a speech delivered by Obama in Oregon, Hillary Clinton is yesterday's news Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/09/mosquito_fish/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/09/mosquito_fish/index.html?source=rss The cycle of life: From home foreclosures to bird droppings. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/09/the_fall_and_rise_of_rem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/09/the_fall_and_rise_of_rem/index.html?source=rss Overheard on college radio: A home-coming of sorts for an old-school "alternative" Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/08/solar_power_and_polysilicon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/08/solar_power_and_polysilicon/index.html?source=rss Solar panel production boomed in 2007, even with high prices for a key resource. But now polysilicon prices are beginning to drop... Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/08/environmentally_correct_laptops/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/08/environmentally_correct_laptops/index.html?source=rss They use less power, and they are gradually replacing desktops everywhere, but small is not necessarily beautiful. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/08/anacharsis_cloots/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/08/anacharsis_cloots/index.html?source=rss So what if imagining that there were no borders got the 18th century "Orator of the Human Race" a date with the guillotine? His heart was in the right place. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/08/recession_or_not/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/08/recession_or_not/index.html?source=rss The president's top economic advisor says all's well, and Wal-Mart reports decent April sales. But a closer look at the data shows that the economy has been steadily slowing since January. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/07/general_election_and_the_economy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/07/general_election_and_the_economy/index.html?source=rss If a down economy spells doom for the incumbent party, why is McCain doing so well in national polls? Paul Krugman has a possible explanation. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/07/genetically_modified_trout/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/07/genetically_modified_trout/index.html?source=rss British fishermen are jubilant: The altered fish are easier to catch. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/07/chicken_little_was_right/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/07/chicken_little_was_right/index.html?source=rss The former optimist in chief for the National Association of Realtors is no longer a font of housing hope. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/06/peak_oil_and_ufos/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/06/peak_oil_and_ufos/index.html?source=rss Why is there no evidence of alien space-faring civilizations? Maybe it's because the cost of jet-fuel got too high Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/06/krugman_gas_tax_holiday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/06/krugman_gas_tax_holiday/index.html?source=rss His colleagues are making too big a deal about Clinton's gas tax holiday proposal, he says. Where's the solidarity, Paul? Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/05/gambling_and_recessions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/05/gambling_and_recessions/index.html?source=rss Revenues are down, disproving the "gambling is recession proof" theory. But hotel rooms are up, up, up Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/05/china_suvs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/05/china_suvs/index.html?source=rss Those SUVs Americans aren't buying anymore? Ship 'em to Shanghai. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/05/hillary_clinton_oil_manipulation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/05/hillary_clinton_oil_manipulation/index.html?source=rss But it's not just the dismal scientists she is disavowing with her charges of oil market manipulation. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/02/the_camel_comeback/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/02/the_camel_comeback/index.html?source=rss Don't call it a comeback: In Rajasthan, the rising price of oil means camels are a hot commodity Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/02/name_that_government_handout/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/02/name_that_government_handout/index.html?source=rss Forget about that shopping spree -- the President says rebate checks will help us cope with rising energy and food prices. Hey, it's not as humiliating as food stamps Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/02/love_guru_and_the_hindu_right/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/02/love_guru_and_the_hindu_right/index.html?source=rss The punishment promised by Hindu fundamentalists for those who merely view the Mike Myers comedy is no joke. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/02/is_the_worst_over/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/02/is_the_worst_over/index.html?source=rss The April jobs report: Not so bad. The price of oil: Down just a bit. The credit crunch: Subsiding? Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/01/gas_prices_turkey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/01/gas_prices_turkey/index.html?source=rss Answer: Turkey. But that's not stopping traffic in Istanbul. Plus: The Prius continues to stomp all over the Ford Explorer Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/01/disappointing_exxon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/01/disappointing_exxon/index.html?source=rss It's all gloom and doom for the biggest oil company on the planet. Despite near-record revenue, analysts are discouraged. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/01/the_laughing_buddha/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/01/the_laughing_buddha/index.html?source=rss Extinguish desire? What a joke. This fat man just wants a belly rub and a chortle. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/01/economic_stimulus_jobs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/01/economic_stimulus_jobs/index.html?source=rss Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson tells Wolf Blitzer the economic stimulus plan will result in half a million new jobs. It's about time. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/30/progressive_organic_agriculture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/30/progressive_organic_agriculture/index.html?source=rss Rolling back industrial agriculture should not require a reversion to primitive scrounging in the dirt Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/30/rate_cut_and_gdp_growth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/30/rate_cut_and_gdp_growth/index.html?source=rss Even as the Fed gooses the economy with another rate cut, the latest GDP figures suggest that the mightiest shoppers on earth are at long last getting cold feet