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Connecting the dots between Big Tobacco and DDT: Who is responsible for the campaign against Rachel Carson? Re-introducing Mr. Steve "Junk Science" Milloy; Andrew Leonard May 15, 2008
Wal-Mart's "Faded Glory": Disposable, foreign-manufactured Americana: This brand name speaks the truth.; May 14, 2008
A Strategic Petroleum Reserve flip-flop: On second thought, maybe halting purchases of oil for the SPR could make a real difference.; Andrew Leonard May 14, 2008
A new, improved bubble-popping Fed: If Greenspan were dead, he'd be turning in his grave. Bernanke and Co. may be considering a significant change in how the Federal Reserve manages the economy; Andrew Leonard May 14, 2008
How to stop illegal Canadian immigration: Tom Tancredo says we need a fence on the northern border, too. At least one Canadian vociferously agrees.; Andrew Leonard May 13, 2008
Ben "Iron Man" Bernanke: The "most powerful Fed chairman ever"? What happened to that unassuming, oh-so-serious economics professor?; Andrew Leonard May 13, 2008
China's earthquake and the Mandate of Heaven: In Chinese history, natural disasters are often accompanied by a change in dynasty. Don't hold your breath; Andrew Leonard May 13, 2008
More rice than ever before: The 2008 rice harvest will be the biggest of all time. That's a good thing too, because our appetites keep growing; Andrew Leonard May 12, 2008
The peak oil culture wars: Do conservatives oppose conservation because they don't like taking the bus? Or because they're terrified that those dirty hippies were right all along?; Andrew Leonard May 12, 2008
Tough times for pawnshop operators: Bad times are supposed to be good for the people who help you hock your jewelry. But not this time around?; Andrew Leonard May 12, 2008
Economics 101: Obama vs. McCain: And then there were two. In a speech delivered by Obama in Oregon, Hillary Clinton is yesterday's news; Andrew Leonard May 9, 2008
The sacrificial mosquito fish of Contra Costa County: The cycle of life: From home foreclosures to bird droppings.; Andrew Leonard May 9, 2008
The indie-rock fall and rise of R.E.M.: Overheard on college radio: A home-coming of sorts for an old-school "alternative"; Andrew Leonard May 9, 2008
Here comes the polysilicon sun: Solar panel production boomed in 2007, even with high prices for a key resource. But now polysilicon prices are beginning to drop...; Andrew Leonard May 8, 2008
Are laptop PCs the environmentally correct choice?: They use less power, and they are gradually replacing desktops everywhere, but small is not necessarily beautiful.; Andrew Leonard May 8, 2008
A salute to Anacharsis Cloots: 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 May 8, 2008
Are we in a recession or not?: 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 May 8, 2008
The general election and the economy: 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 May 7, 2008
Genetic modification kills sex drive in trout: British fishermen are jubilant: The altered fish are easier to catch.; Andrew Leonard May 7, 2008
David Lereah takes a turn as Chicken Little: The former optimist in chief for the National Association of Realtors is no longer a font of housing hope.; Andrew Leonard May 7, 2008
Peak oil explains lack of UFOs: Why is there no evidence of alien space-faring civilizations? Maybe it's because the cost of jet-fuel got too high; Andrew Leonard May 6, 2008
Now, Paul Krugman throws economists off the bus: His colleagues are making too big a deal about Clinton's gas tax holiday proposal, he says. Where's the solidarity, Paul?; Andrew Leonard May 6, 2008
Even Las Vegas gets the blues: Revenues are down, disproving the "gambling is recession proof" theory. But hotel rooms are up, up, up; Andrew Leonard May 5, 2008
Gas-guzzling China: Those SUVs Americans aren't buying anymore? Ship 'em to Shanghai.; Andrew Leonard May 5, 2008
Hillary Clinton throws economists off the bus: But it's not just the dismal scientists she is disavowing with her charges of oil market manipulation.; Andrew Leonard May 5, 2008

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