Bioengineering and advanced robotics are blurring the line between science and science fiction, as the Pentagon pursues the creation of “super soldiers.” Part two of a three part series.
Post-human Warriors
The Future of War: Part 2 of 3
May 3rd, 2006 · Written by Jason Glover · 2 Comments
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Killer Robots
The Future of War: Part 1 of 3
March 3rd, 2006 · Written by Jason Glover · 1 Comment
Time and again, intellectuals and artists alike have prophesized bleak futures for a race whose technology and hubris have far exceeded its wisdom. So, if the wet-dreams of futurists within the U.S. Department of Defense come to fruition — far-reaching ambitions to apply robotics in the battlefield, bioengineer the perfect soldiers, and command complete dominance of Space — let us not forget: we have been warned.
Robotic warfare. Part one of a three part series.
Local Culture
The Story of Earthwork Music
January 3rd, 2006 · Written by Jason Glover · No Comments
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Aid:
What's really plaguing Africa
January 3rd, 2006 · Written by Les Beldo · No Comments
It wasn’t as if domination was their manifest purpose. They claimed they were there to help. And some of them believed it. The objects of their assistance were underprivileged and backwards, nobly trying to grasp the concepts of a new era but disastrously unable to do so. What they needed was the golden touch – the magnanimous muscle of giants born into privilege.
I speak, of course, of foreign aid. Or maybe old world colonialism. The similarity between the two is a theme woven throughout a groundbreaking narrative by experienced aid worker Michael Maren entitled, The Road to Hell: The Ravaging Effects of Foreign Aid and International Charity.
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Typhoid Jack
Washington super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff is falling fast-and taking a lot of Capitol Hill's corruption with him
January 3rd, 2006 · Written by Garret Ellison · No Comments
A congressional plague is reaching critical mass.
“I don’t think we’ve had something of this scope, arrogance and sheer venality in our lifetimes,” writes Norman J. Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank. “It is building to an explosion, one that could create immense collateral damage within Congress and in coming elections.”
Patient Zero of this plague is Washington K-Street lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Patient Zero of this plague is Washington K-Street lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The Plame case might grab the headlines, but Abramoff is regarded as the sharpest stake pressed against the heart of the Republican Party. He will become a household name in 2006.
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