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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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  • RNC: Through the looking glass

    I have dropped into some sort of wormhole in the space-time continuum. In the past hour or so, I ran into some guys from Reason magazine, including Matt Welch (a bit of a hero of mine). Then we were accosted by an incredibly enthusiastic delegate from Mass., who discussed his disappointment about Romney not being […]

  • RNC: Me, in the Twilight Zone

    I arrived at the Minneapolis airport a couple hours ago, schlepped on a bus to downtown St. Paul to deposit my bags at the journalist tent, and found out … that downtown St. Paul is completely shut down. They have about a five-block perimeter blocked off and aren’t letting anyone in without a credential (Kate […]

  • A look at Palin’s preferred method of killing wolves

    Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin strongly supports aerial hunting of wolves in Alaska. Here’s what that looks like:

  • Bearded freak hippie discusses biofuels with Bill Scher

    Hi, remember me? I used to blog here. I hope to resume blogging here some day. Soon even! In the meantime, OurFuture.org, in the person of tireless blogger and activist Bill Scher, recently recorded a debate of sorts over biofuels. Here are Josh Boger of the Biotechnology Industrial Organization and Joe Trippi, political consultant, talking […]