Damek.

Here’s a good essay (OK, he’s got a book coming out, but it’s still good) on the subject of applying general economic principles to specific developing country situations. I found it via BOP. I don’t have much to add to this other than that this is a good example of why many people [...]

I would generally be in favor of huge art projects, especially ones that don’t damage the landscape they will inhabit. There’s something wonderful about grand schemes that impress the human spirit. And something neat about ones that are temporary rather than permanent (though there’s something to be said for permanent ones, as well).
But [...]

I’ve enjoyed following the whole Jeff “Gannon” Guckert story as it unfolded from those doing the research to uncover it on dKos. I’m not even going to bother linking to the numerous dKos diaries that documented the various stages in the investigation so far. If you’re not familiar with what I’m talking about, [...]

Worth linking to for myself, if not for others:
If you want to know how the conservative message machine was built and what progressives can do to respond, just ask Rob Stein [who] has brilliantly documented [the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy] in “The Conservative Message Machine Money Matrix,” a PowerPoint presentation he has taken on the [...]

As Slashdot informs us, the ESA’s Mars Express has now been given the green light for the MARSIS radar on board to be deployed during the first week of May. “Assuming that this operation is successful, the radar will finally start the search for subsurface water reservoirs and studies of the Martian ionosphere.”
If any useful [...]