Articles by David Roberts
David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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From Pee Pee to Po-Po
Visualize world pees If you’re a fan of answering nature’s call, in nature, urine luck. Pees on Earth is a collection of photos by Ellen Jong, who documented herself poppin’ squats all over the world. She hopes the book has a trickle-down effect, inspiring others to be one with their environs. Is this what they […]
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Fish Passage Center, R.I.P.
Sen. Larry Craig's long-time quest has paid off: The Idaho Republican has succeed in killing the Fish Passage Center, which has monitored salmon stocks for 20 years. By all accounts, the Center did good, non-partisan science, but Craig didn't like "data" coming between him and his political goals.
The Center's duties were transferred to other, presumably more cooperative, agencies today. Lisa Stiffler has more.
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Friedman’s fantastical SOTU speech
His overall fitness as a pundit aside, The Mustache is once again beating the green drum in the most prime real estate in print media. This week, he urges Bush to take on energy independence and global warming in the State of the Union speech (ha ha ha ha!):
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