Occupy Wall Street Roundup
As usual, the Guardian looks to have the best coverage of all the major media outlets on this story. What does it say about the state of US media when…
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Brian Spears
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Brian Spears is Senior Poetry Editor of The Rumpus and the author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011). His poem “Upon Reading That Andromeda Will One Day Devour Triangulum and Come For Us Next” was featured in Season 9 of Motion Poems.
Science Saturday
So the faster-than-light neutrinos story? There’s some questions. And that’s good, because that’s how science works. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Turning brain waves into videos. Some recent breakthroughs in…
Saturday Morning Links
Have I mentioned that I’m working in the wine and beer section of an upscale market these days? Takes a little of the sting out of bringing your work home…
Troy Davis Roundup
Here are two stories for you to consider. One man, 20 years ago, was convicted of murdering an off-duty police officer. The conviction was based on the testimony of nine…
Troy Davis Roundup
Troy Davis, if you haven’t heard, is scheduled to be executed today in the state of Georgia. There are significant questions as to his guilt. Of the nine eyewitnesses, seven…
Sorry to be a downer, but…
I want to be real clear about something at the beginning of this post. I’m opposed to the death penalty in any and all cases. Name history’s greatest criminals and…
Science Saturday
Great photos from the NASA probe Dawn of the asteroid Vesta. Kepler spotted a planet orbiting two suns. UK researchers are attempting to recreate the effects of volcanic eruptions on…
Saturday Morning Links
Two months ago, the day I pulled into Des Moines, the temperature was over a hundred degrees. Yesterday there was a low of 37. This is going to take some…
Babes in Poetryland
Michael Kelleher takes some time to get deeper into the matter of the poetry market (such as it is) and does a good job of breaking down the power structure.…