William C. Patrick III died last week. He was responsible for enough bio-weaponry to kill every single person on the planet. And several other planets. And then, he spent the rest of his life fighting against his own deadly creations.
To say the least, he was a complicated guy. One of his most notorious (and, sadly, somewhat recently relevant)...
There are those who will tell you that gold still has room to roam: that you ain't seen nothing yet. That even though an ounce right now tops $1,300, you should hock your kids to buy some.
At least, that's the advice of Dan Oliver and Dan Mahony, who think gold could peak at over $10,000. The...
HIS big bleach-blond mane was unmistakable, but this time his mouth, the biggest in Dutch politics, stayed shut. Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigrant Freedom Party, is on trial for incitement to...
Revering Che Guevara is a sick, sad joke
Posted by Johann Hari on Sunday, October 07, 2007
The myth of Che Guevara is seductive and lush. It’s a story about an Argentinean rich-boy who was so shocked by poverty he became a Robin Hood fighting alongside the poor, until eventually he was murdered by the CIA. The reality of Che Guevara is very...
Researchers have identified a previously unknown species of carnivore lurking in one of the world's most endangered lakes.
Durrell's vontsira (Salanoia durrelli), named in honor of the late conservationist and writer Gerald Durrell, was first photographed swimming in Madagascar's Lake Alaotra in 2004. Subsequent surveys by scientists at the...
