We're Number One!

The U.S. leads the world in oil consumption, CO2 production, military expenditures, foreign debt, and weapons sales:

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/18/1333/

Opiate, Anyone?

More barbarians at the gates of science:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/19/education/19board.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Beauty is Beneath the Skin

Some sad yet entirely predictable facts about the production of leather.