Lab Grown Organs and Artistic Computers in Fifty Years?

Jalees Rehman scilogs
A new survey shows that the public is optimistic about lab-grown replacement organs and computer created artistic works within the next 50 years, but less than enthusiastic about some other possible technologies being widely used.

The Mysterious Disappearance

Tom Tomorrow This Modern World
What if the disappearance of democracy received breathless news coverage around the clock? Yah, dream on.

Gabriel García Márquez Obituary

Nick Caistor The Guardian
Colombian Nobel laureate who helped to launch boom in Latin American literature with novel One Hundred Years of Solitude

Western Re-Run: Nevada Rancher Versus The Feds

Tom Kenworthy ThinkProgress
We've seen this Western re-run, Nevada Rancher Versus the Feds, before. But it turns out that Cowboy Hage would be suckling at the public teat even if he paid his grazing fees.

StopRush Is Actually Stopping Rush

Did you know that the StopRush campaign is actually stopping Rush? In New York, Rush has been demoted to the 22nd radio station. An Ed Show segment.

Book: 'Kill Anything That Moves'

Nick Turse talks about the reaction to his book about the atrocities committed by American troops during the Vietnam War.

Tax Day 2014: Are Taxes Fair?

Robert Reich explains why the wealthiest 1% pay a much lower tax rate than the rest of us--and what we can do about it. 

Playing for Change: 'Clandestino'

"Clandestino" is a song of the people. An Oud master in Morocco, gypsies in Budapest layered in bass, percussion, strings and vocals from Manu Chao and friends, it forms a Global Roots Reggae-Latin jam.