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On Nov. 3, Gen. Perez Musharraf, President and Army Chief of Staff of Pakistan, declared a state of national emergency. This declaration of martial law suspended the Constitution, disbanded the Supreme Court, silenced the independent media and led to the house-arrest or jailing of over 2,500 activists and lawyers, including the leader of Pakistan's chief opposition party. (0) comments
What would you think if you were told that there was a green energy source, available immediately, time-tested and proven safe, that was entirely carbon-neutral, cost-competitive with coal and endorsed by leading thinkers and green advocates worldwide, including Greenpeace co-founder, Patrick Moore? Let's sweeten the deal - let's say that this hypothetical miracle energy was only in the infancy of its technological life-cycle, and had nothing to do except grow cheaper, safer and more efficient; let's say this perfect green energy could be produced entirely from American raw materials, thus assuring American energy independence. (2) comments
Vegetarian/Veganism Offers More Than Tofu In response to Aly Shea's article ("Veganism: It Can Change Sexual Appetites Too," Nov. 15), it was wonderful to read of vegetarians finding romance at UConn. While nobody likes the idea of limiting their dating pool, it's understandable why vegetarians and vegans would prefer to date each other over their meat-eating counterparts. (0) comments
The final score of Wednesday's game: Holy Cross 36, Maya Moore 31. Google Earth is like porn for geography majors. To the kid who submitted the haiku in yesterday's InstantDaily: nice job. You can steal an idea from Threadless.com. You'd think that my physics exam would at least buy me dinner before screwing me. (1) comment