If you live in St. Cloud, Minnesota, you can buy your gasoline at today’s prices and withdraw it tomorrow. Some customers are filling their cars on gasoline they bought for $0.99 a gallon.
All posts by Jeremy Lyon
“Collapse”
by Jared Diamond
Beloved by environmentally aware bloggers everywhere, “Collapse” is all that: a thoughtful consideration of what leads societies to collapse and others to succeed.
“Nature Noir”
by Jordan Fisher Smith
At times heavy-handed, it’s still a lyrical portrait of the relationship of man to nature in a park existing in the shadow of a theoretical dam.
“The Atrocity Archives”
by Charles Stross
Really two novellas joined by a common character, a funny send up of beauracracy, with magic.
Hugo Chavez Siempre y Siempre
If the Venezuelan opposition follows through on threats to boycott the upcoming elections, Hugo Chavez has suggested he’ll ask the people if they want him to remain in office until 2031. International observers believe Venezuelan elections are free and fair — so what if Chavez is elected for the next 25 years? Can you really call a society that locks in a leader for that long democratic?