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Bhopal: A disaster 'in slow motion', twenty years later

'...all...claims...were settled...':
Three thousand dollars per life,
but no clean water...

Does that mean no snowmobiles, then?

Planetary parks:
It's never too early to
plan conservation.

Where the hell have I been?

"What is going on?
It seemed like you were going
to post every day."

Granularity, Cartography, and Rorschach

Election mapping:
We see what we want to see
in these inkblot tests.

Distance yearning

Feel the tactile web:
Two new forms of affection
span the internet.

Confidence-building measures

Danger or détente?
India will reduce their
troop strength in Kashmir.

al-Geer: No mandate for intervention

Sudanese police
tear-gas Darfur refugees,
as peacekeepers watch.

Arafat's departure

Leadership vacuum?
Widow's pension? Missing funds?
What a legacy...

Intolerably Moderate

Be careful, Arlen:
If you question the 'mandate',
the wolves will attack.

Just looking?

Counter surveillance:
Hezbollah eyes settlements
with an unmanned drone.

Let's not be obstructionists...

Oppose Kyoto? Fine.
Propose some alternatives
in Buenos Aires.

On the Death of Theo Van Gogh

The Great Dilemma:
Can we fight intolerance,
yet stay tolerant?

Look on the 'bright' side: There will finally be a Northwest Passage

Four more years of thaw:
No policy, just study
as the Arctic melts.

Here we go

W, Term Two:
He's got nothing to lose, and
no one to stop him...

Losing the War of Ideas

Across the nation,
voters chose intolerance,
but we won't give up.

Fool US twice, shame on US

Bushwhacked and gobsmacked:
Americans rehire
George W. Bush.

How many provisional ballots are there, and why are they provisional?

Never surrender:
Ohio and Iowa
are worth waiting for...

Final Instructions

Americans: Vote!
Rest of the world: stay hopeful,
and cross your fingers.

Whatever it takes

Ohio appeals:
Why don't they want you to vote?
Don't let them stop you.

Switching, part 2: It's not too late to change your mind

Bush-voter last time?
Join other Republicans
who support Kerry.

Sick of the duopoly? Please take the long view...

Dear Nader voters:
Work on instant runoff first,
then on third parties.

What message would W's defeat send to the world?

Some Americans
admit and correct mistakes,
even though George won't.

Sticking to principles

True conservatives
should vote Constitution or
Libertarian.

A question for Incurious George

With Osama's tape
mocking your incompetence,
are you concerned yet?

"It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg..."

No on 36:
Applying Jefferson's test,
where's the injury?

Switching: Converts and Concerned Conservatives

Diplomats, AmCon,
experts and an elector:
His base is crumbling...

For undecided voters, some wisdom from Mae West

"Between two evils,
I always pick the one I
never tried before."

Just enough spark?

Getting out the vote:
Eminem's new video
points youth to the polls.

Remember "Operation Supreme Court Freedom"?

W stands for...
Who does Bush want to appoint
to the Supreme Court?

The "culture of life" has deadly side effects

Bush "global gag rule":
Focus on abstinence harms
HIV efforts.