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NIMBY Comes to China Revisited

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 09.27.2009 | World


Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Happenings in the PRC this year echo phenomena seen in 2008.

Not in My Backyard: Fear of the Guantánamo Legion of Doom

Warren Holstein | Posted 06.26.2009 | Comedy


Warren Holstein

Yup, that's right, the self-same prison system that has held Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and the Son of Sam is apparently no match for a bunch of unarmed, sensory-deprived foreigners.

Many Renewable Projects Meet Local Opposition

wsj.com | Posted 04.20.2009 | Green


Even though Obama has approved tens of billions of dollars in direct grants, loans and loan guarantees for the renewable and transmission industries, ...

The Coming Hyde Park Bar Mitzvah Ban

David Hoyt | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago


David Hoyt

If voters of the 39th Precinct of Hyde Park's 5th Ward decide to exercise their "local option" to ban the sale of alcohol on November 4, they will effectively be banning the celebration of bar mitzvahs in their corner of the neighborhood.

Radioactive Pigs

Carl Pope | Posted 07.19.2008 | Green


Carl Pope

More evidence of the hard-wired sloppiness that has plagued Yucca from the start popped up a week after DOE filed for its NRC permit. So how does this play out politically?