It shouldn't surprise any of us how popular e-readers are today. They've become one of the most popular gifts this holiday season-- and with good reason. The Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet are amazing gadgets, not to mention their e-ink black and white cousins and the various other tablets and...
Posted September 13, 2011 | 17:10:11 (EST)
Solyndra had its offices raided last week by federal agents as part of an ongoing investigation into their bankruptcy and federal loan guarantees they'd received from the Department of Energy. Some critics have cried foul, trying to show how federal money spent on emerging technology is a waste. Others...
Posted September 9, 2011 | 19:46:00 (EST)
I'm not generally one for hyperbole. No matter my misgivings about the Star Wars Special Editions or prequels, I don't think George Lucas raped my childhood. I don't think I was even minorly diddled. But, in response to my colleague Bryan Young's excellent piece "How I Learned to...
Posted June 21, 2011 | 17:54:19 (EST)
I've heard a lot of suggestions on ways the Green Lantern movie could've been improved. I thought I had heard them all. Then, an email from former Congressman Alan Grayson suggested the film could've been improved by including an exchange from Green Lantern #76. A (poor) African-American man approaches Green...
Posted June 13, 2011 | 14:01:17 (EST)
When I'm not doing my best to keep things sane here in Austin, TX as a part of Public Citizen, I like to kick back and relax with a good book, graphic novel, etc. This is a change of pace for me, but I highly recommend this novel to anyone...
Posted March 1, 2011 | 02:25:01 (EST)
Dear Republican Party,
I don't know how to do this. The only things I know about interventions are from watching reality TV, listening to Dr. Drew, and this wikiHow. But what I do know is that an intervention is what's necessary when someone has a problem they refuse to admit...
Posted October 2, 2009 | 15:33:01 (EST)
Posted August 21, 2009 | 14:03:00 (EST)
The Energy Citizens' company picnics, such as the one we crashed Tuesday in Houston, have been getting a lot of attention through the Netroots, in national publications, and even last night on Rachel Maddow (where one of our videos was featured, even if credit was not...
Posted August 19, 2009 | 18:38:00 (EST)
Yesterday the Public Citizen Texas team drove down to Houston to crash the American Petroleum Institute's Energy Citizen event. Billed as a "grassroots" rally against the cap-and-trade bill currently before Congress, this event was nothing more than a company picnic.
About 2500 energy employees were brought by charter bus to...
86 Comments | Posted December 26, 2011 | 08:43:04 (EST)