Chinese high-speed help

Thu Apr 8, 2010 12:45 PM EDT

What rail in California could look like. Photo from Inhabitat

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world-news, infrastructure

POTUS time!

Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:02 PM EDT

(photo: White House Flickr pool) Yes, it's wonderful to see President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton celebrating the health reform LAW, but the geek in me loves the clock behind them.

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technology, barack-obama, hillary-clinton, health-reform, moment-of-geek

Sure... blame the Senate parliamentarian

Wed Mar 3, 2010 9:33 AM EST

It looks like Senate Republicans are worried enough about legislation actually making it through the chamber that they have a new enemy, the Senate parliamentarian.

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politics

Another massive rate hike stuns California

Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:28 PM EST

If you thought Anthem Blue Cross's proposed 39 percent health insurance rate hikes in California were egregious, how about 75 percent? That's the insurance giant's latest move, and the headline caught Rachel's eye this morning in San Francisco.

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The arbitrariness of international borders and what it means for real people

Wed Feb 3, 2010 10:38 AM EST

A Moment of Geography Geek:

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Could America be ready to get serious about trains?

Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:56 PM EST

President Obama heads to Florida today, by plane not train, to give out some dough for high speed rail.

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technology

Anti-Proposition 8 demonstrations spreading to businesses that supported Prop 8

Seeded on Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:54 PM EST (Firedoglake)

Private business owners who hoped to secretly donate to Proposition 8 but still keep their gay, and gay friendly, customers are finding their support come back to haunt them. Take a look at what's happening to popular LA Mexican restaurant "El Coyote."

gay, politics, protest, proposition-8